Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . their fosterfather took them one day into the wood, and said,To-day you are going to make your first trial atshooting, for I want you to be free if you like, andto be hunters for yourselves. Then they went with him to a suitable point, andwaited a long time, but no game appeared. Present-ly the hunter saw flying over his head a flock of wildgeese, in the form of a triangle, so he said, Aimquickly at each corner, and fire. They did so, andthe first proof-shot was successful. 268
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . their fosterfather took them one day into the wood, and said,To-day you are going to make your first trial atshooting, for I want you to be free if you like, andto be hunters for yourselves. Then they went with him to a suitable point, andwaited a long time, but no game appeared. Present-ly the hunter saw flying over his head a flock of wildgeese, in the form of a triangle, so he said, Aimquickly at each corner, and fire. They did so, andthe first proof-shot was successful. 268 The Twin Brothers Soon after, another flock appeared in the form ofa figure 2. Now, he exclaimed, shoot again ateach corner, and bring them down! This proof-shot was also successful, and the hunter directly said,Now I pronounce you free; you are accomplishedsportsmen. Then the two brothers went away into the woodtogether, to hold counsel with each other, and atlast came to an agreement about what they wishedto do. In the evening, when they sat down to supper,one of them said to their foster father, We will not. remain to supper, or eat one bit, till you havegranted our request. And what is your request? he asked. You have taught us to hunt, and to earn our liv-ing, they replied, and we want to go out into theworld and seek our fortune. Will you give us per-mission to do so? The good old man replied joyfully, You speaklike brave hunters; what you desire is my own when you will; you will be sure to succeed. Then they ate and drank together joyfully. When the appointed day came, the hunter pre-sented each of them with a new rifle and a dog, andallowed them to take as much as they would fromhis store of the gold pieces. He accompanied them The Twin Brothers 269 for some distance on the way, and before sayingfarewell he gave them a white penknife, and said: *If at any time you should get separated fromeach other, the knife must be placed cross-ways ina tree, one side of the
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