. Beasts and men . and presently they passed a rabbit who wasnibbling the grass in a field. Chaton, Chaton, cried the rabbit, why are yourunning so quickly ? Dont stop me ! answered the cat. Ive heard thelast trump ! The end of the world is coming ! Oh, dear me ! cried the rabbit. What an unfor-tunate thing! Dont leave me here, Chaton, for I am afraidto face the end of the world. Very well, said Chaton. Jimip on to my beautifulcurly tail with the dog and the cock, and Ill take you withme. So the rabbit also perched himself on the cats tail,and now there were three of them riding there. Off wen
. Beasts and men . and presently they passed a rabbit who wasnibbling the grass in a field. Chaton, Chaton, cried the rabbit, why are yourunning so quickly ? Dont stop me ! answered the cat. Ive heard thelast trump ! The end of the world is coming ! Oh, dear me ! cried the rabbit. What an unfor-tunate thing! Dont leave me here, Chaton, for I am afraidto face the end of the world. Very well, said Chaton. Jimip on to my beautifulcurly tail with the dog and the cock, and Ill take you withme. So the rabbit also perched himself on the cats tail,and now there were three of them riding there. Off went the cat again, but not so quickly this time,because of the weight on his tail, and before very long hecame to a pond by the side of which a goose was standing. Now then, now then, whats the hurry ? asked thegoose. If you run so fast youll overheat your blood anddie of a fever. Its all very well to scoff/ answered the cat, but youmust know that the end of the world is coming. I have heardthe last trump sound ! 140. THE CAT THE DOG, THE COCK, THE RABBIT, AND THE GOOSE FOLK TALES OF BEASTS AND MEN My goodness! said the goose. This is dreadful!Take me with you, Chaton, and Ill be grateful for ever. Very well, said the cat. Jump on to my beautifulcurly tail with the dog and the fox and the rabbit. So the goose also perched herself on thecats tail, so now there were fourpassengers, and that made fivealtogether who were runningaway to escape the end of theworld. All that day the cat kept onrunning, and towards dusk theycame to a forest. This seems a good place torest, said Chaton. Now then,master cock, fly to the top of a treeand see if you can espy a housein which we can take shelter. The cock flew to the top of ahigh tree and from there he sawa number of lights twinkling inthe distance. The five fugitivesthereupon set off in the directionfrom which the lights shone, andbefore long they came to a littlevillage. All the people of thevillage had left their houses andwere gathered tog
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