The Waldorf family . orils, and their evident reverence fora pitchfork, until he began to fancy^hat he mightturn his discovery to still better account. Ac-cordingly, one night, he took his pitchfork, and sal-lied out to the heath, determined to become better 180 acquainted with the fairies. He was espied bythem at a great distance, and he heard them eryout: Here comes Bernard Guilcher!—here hecomes ! Yes; here I come, to pay you a friendly visit;said the jovial hunchback. Welcome ! thrice welcome ! said the korils ; will you dance with us ? Excuse me, my dear little friends ; you aretoo long-w
The Waldorf family . orils, and their evident reverence fora pitchfork, until he began to fancy^hat he mightturn his discovery to still better account. Ac-cordingly, one night, he took his pitchfork, and sal-lied out to the heath, determined to become better 180 acquainted with the fairies. He was espied bythem at a great distance, and he heard them eryout: Here comes Bernard Guilcher!—here hecomes ! Yes; here I come, to pay you a friendly visit;said the jovial hunchback. Welcome ! thrice welcome ! said the korils ; will you dance with us ? Excuse me, my dear little friends ; you aretoo long-winded for a poor invalid like me, an-swered Bernard. We will stop as soon as you get tired, criedthe dwarfs. On your honor ?—Well, then I will join yourring; and Bernard, knowing that he was safe intheir promise, began to dance merrily, while thekorals sang their old refrain of Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, are all,Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, are all. But in a few minutes Bernard was so heartily 181. tired of their monotonous chant, that he stoppedsuddenly, and said: With all due respect to you, gentlemen, itseems to me that your dance lacks variety andsprightliness ; you stop too early in the week withyour song; and, though I do not pretend to bemuch of a poet, I think I could mend your verse. Quick ; quick. Let us hear you, exclaimedthe korils. The hunchback replied by singing :— Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday—oh, these are not all,Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, come at our call. He had scarcely uttered these words, when thekorils burst into a loud shout: Hurrah for Ber-nard Guilcher ! hurrah for the minstrel and thedancer ! Sing it again ; sing it again. Bernard cheerfully complied with their wishes ;and the little fairies danced round and round, likedead leaves in a whirlwind. At last they stopped,and coming up to Guilcher, they exclaimed : Tell us what you want. What shall we give 182 you ? will you have riches or beauty ? Choosewhich you like, and y
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