Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . ar of the Woods, replied the old man ; whydidst thou call me, I say ?—? Away with thee, I didnot call thee, said the man.— What! thou didst notcall me when thou saidst Oh ? — I was tired, andtherefore I said Oh! replied the man.—Whitherart thou going ? asked Oh.— The wide world liesbefore me, sighed the man. I am taking this scurvyblockhead of mine to hire him out to somebody orother. Perchance other people may be able to knockmore sense into him than we can at home; but sendhim whither we will, he always comes running homeagain !— Hire him out to me. Ill w
Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales . ar of the Woods, replied the old man ; whydidst thou call me, I say ?—? Away with thee, I didnot call thee, said the man.— What! thou didst notcall me when thou saidst Oh ? — I was tired, andtherefore I said Oh! replied the man.—Whitherart thou going ? asked Oh.— The wide world liesbefore me, sighed the man. I am taking this scurvyblockhead of mine to hire him out to somebody orother. Perchance other people may be able to knockmore sense into him than we can at home; but sendhim whither we will, he always comes running homeagain !— Hire him out to me. Ill warrant Illteach him, said Oh. Yet 111 only take him on onecondition. Thou shalt come back for him when ayear has run, and if thou dost know him again, thoumayest take him; but if thou dost not know himagain, he shall serve another year with me.— Good ! cried the man. So they shook hands uponit, had a right-down good drink to clinch the bargain,and the man went back to his own home, while Ohtook the son away with 6 COSSACK FAIRY TALES. Oh took the son away with him, and they passedinto the other world, the world beneath the earth, andcame to a green hut woven out of rushes, and in thishut everything was green ; the walls were green andthe benches were green, and Ohs wife was green andhis children were green—in fact everything there wasgreen. And Oh had water-nixies for serving-maids,and they were all as green as rue. Sit down now 1
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