. Beasts and men . ardshis palace, where he immediately took to his bed, for theshock of the thing had made him ill. Not for several weeksafterwards, when he had somewhat recovered, was he ableto turn his thoughts to vengeance. Then he gave ordersfor a large army to march to Reynards castle of Malpertuisto raze it to the ground, and bring back the Fox in chains. r 8i FOLK TALES OF BEASTS AND MEN The army set out, but when they arrived at Malpertuisthey found the birds had flown. Reynard and Hermelineand all the little foxes had left the country, and were neverseen again. Some people say that t
. Beasts and men . ardshis palace, where he immediately took to his bed, for theshock of the thing had made him ill. Not for several weeksafterwards, when he had somewhat recovered, was he ableto turn his thoughts to vengeance. Then he gave ordersfor a large army to march to Reynards castle of Malpertuisto raze it to the ground, and bring back the Fox in chains. r 8i FOLK TALES OF BEASTS AND MEN The army set out, but when they arrived at Malpertuisthey found the birds had flown. Reynard and Hermelineand all the little foxes had left the country, and were neverseen again. Some people say that they took up their abode in a distantland, where Reynard soon began once more to play his oldtricks, until the King of that land caught him one day red-handed, and hanged him on the nearest tree without givinghim a chance to say a word. I do not know whether thisstory is true, although I hope it is. All that I can say forcertain is that Reynard and his family were never seen inKing Nobels dominions from that day
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