The yellow fairy book . le to speak more fluently. All the servants stoodin the courtyard and saw them mount (heir steeds, and here bychance came the third brother ; for the squire had three sons, butnobody counted him with his brothers, lor lie was not so learned asthey were, and he was generally called • Oh, oh ! said Blockhead-] fans. l Where are you off to? Youare in your Sunday-best clothes ! We are going to Court, to woo the Princess ! iKmt you know 314 BLOCKHEAD-HANS what is known throughout all the country side ? And they toldhim all about it. Hurrah ! Ill go to ! crie
The yellow fairy book . le to speak more fluently. All the servants stoodin the courtyard and saw them mount (heir steeds, and here bychance came the third brother ; for the squire had three sons, butnobody counted him with his brothers, lor lie was not so learned asthey were, and he was generally called • Oh, oh ! said Blockhead-] fans. l Where are you off to? Youare in your Sunday-best clothes ! We are going to Court, to woo the Princess ! iKmt you know 314 BLOCKHEAD-HANS what is known throughout all the country side ? And they toldhim all about it. Hurrah ! Ill go to ! cried Blockhead-Hans ; and the brotherslaughed at him and rode off. Dear father ! cried Blockhead-Hans, I must have a horsetoo. What a desire for marriage has seized me ! If she will haveme, she will have me, and if she wont have me, I will have her. Stop that nonsense ! said the old man. I will not give you ahorse. You cant speak ; you dont know how to choose your brothers ! Ah ! they are very different lads !. then -they- oiltdL •| the- corners -of • their-mouths Well, said Blockhead-Hans, if I cant have a horse, I willtake the goat which is mine ; he can carry me 1 And he did so. He sat astride on the goat, struck his heels intoits side, and went rattling down the high-road like a hurricane. Hoppetty hop ! what a ride ! Here I come ! shouted Block-head-Hans, singing so that the echoes were roused far and his brothers were riding slowly in front. They were notspeaking, but they were thinking over all the good things they weregoing to say, for everything had to be thought out. Hullo ! bawled Blockhead Hans, « here I am ! Just look what BLOCKHEAD-HANS 315 I found on the road!—and he showed them a dead crow which hehad picked up. Blockhead! said his brothers, what are you going to do withit? With the crow ? I shall give it to the Princess ! Do so, certainly ! they said, laughing loudly and riding on. Slap ! bang ! here I am again ! Look what I have just
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