. The pink fairy book. put on the liver to cook. Her husband watched her for amoment, and then said, Be sure you eat it all not give a scrap to any of the children, but eat everymorsel up. So the woman took the liver and ate it allherself. Directly the last mouthful had disappeared she wasseized with such violent thirst that she caught up a greatpot full of water and drank it at a single draught. Then,having no more in the house, she ran in next door andsaid, Neighbour, give me, I pray you, something todrink. The neighbour gave her a large vessel quite full, THE LITTLE HARE 325 and
. The pink fairy book. put on the liver to cook. Her husband watched her for amoment, and then said, Be sure you eat it all not give a scrap to any of the children, but eat everymorsel up. So the woman took the liver and ate it allherself. Directly the last mouthful had disappeared she wasseized with such violent thirst that she caught up a greatpot full of water and drank it at a single draught. Then,having no more in the house, she ran in next door andsaid, Neighbour, give me, I pray you, something todrink. The neighbour gave her a large vessel quite full, THE LITTLE HARE 325 and the woman drank it off at a single draught, and heldit out for more. But the neighbour pushed her away, saying, No, Ishall have none left for my children. So the woman went into another house, and drank allthe water she could find; liut the more she drank the morethirsty she became. She wandered in this mannerthrough the whole village till she had drunk everywater-pot dry. Then she rushed off to the nearest ^f|^f^r?|i. THE MYAMATSANES ^TURJsI iiOliE spring, and swallowed that, and when she had finished allthe springs and wells about she drank up first the riverand then a lake. But by this time she had drunk somuch that she could not rise from the ground. In the evening, when it was time for the animals tohave their drink before going to bed, they found the lakequite dry, and they had to make up their minds to bethirsty till the water flowed again and the streams werefull. Even then, for some time, the lake was very dirty, 326 THE LITTLE HARE and the lion, as king of the beasts, commanded that noone should drink till it was quite clear again. But the little hare, who was fond of having hisown way, and was very thirsty besides, stole quietly offwhen all the rest were asleep in their dens, and creptdown to the margin of the lake and drank his fill. Thenhe smeared the dirty water all over the rabbits face andpaws, so that it might look as if it were he who had beendisobeying Big L
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