Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

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Excerpt: ...the winter.”--“Oh! don’t flay me, daddy dear, and I’ll bring you a whole herd of little sheep.”--“Well, see that you do it,” and he let the wolf go. Then he sat down and began sharpening his knife again.... Viac o knihe

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Excerpt: ...the winter.”--“Oh! don’t flay me, daddy dear, and I’ll bring you a whole herd of little sheep.”--“Well, see that you do it,” and he let the wolf go. Then he sat down and began sharpening his knife again. The fox put out her little snout and asked him, “Be so kind, dear daddy, and tell me why you are sharpening your knife!”--“Little foxes,” said the old man, “have nice skins that do capitally for collars and trimmings, and I want to skin you!”--“Oh! don’t take my skin away, daddy dear, and I will bring you hens and geese.”--“Very well, see that you do it!” and he let the fox go. The hare now alone remained, and the old man began sharpening his knife on the hare’s account. “Why do you do that?” asked puss, and he replied, “Little hares have nice little soft warm skins, which will make me gloves and mittens against the winter!”--“Oh! daddy dear! don’t flay me, and I’ll bring you kale and good cauliflower, if only you let me go!” Then he let the hare go also. Then they went to bed, but very early in the morning, when it was neither dusk nor dawn, there was a noise in the doorway like “Durrrrrr!”--“Daddy!” cried the old woman, “there’s some one scratching at the door, go and see who it is!” The old man went out, and there was the bear carrying a whole hive full of honey. The old man took the honey from the bear, but no sooner did he lie down than again there was another “Durrrrr!” at the door. The old man looked out and saw the wolf driving a whole flock of sheep into the yard. Close on his heels 143 came the fox, driving before him geese and hens and all manner of fowls; and last of all came the hare, bringing cabbage and kale and all manner of good food....

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