. Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales. Selected . you,Mr. Bunny, go and invite the fox and the cat todinner. So they made everything ready as the bearhad said, and the hare ran of^ to invite the 166 <:OSSACK FAIRY TALES. guests. He came beneath the window andsaid: We invite your little ladyship Foxey-Woxey, together with Mr. Shaggy Matthew, todinner—and back he ran again. But you should have told them to bringtheir spoons with them, said the bear. Oh, what a head Ive got! if I didnt quiteforget ! cried the hare, and back he wentagain, ran beneath the window and cried: Mind you bring your spo
. Cossack fairy tales and folk-tales. Selected . you,Mr. Bunny, go and invite the fox and the cat todinner. So they made everything ready as the bearhad said, and the hare ran of^ to invite the 166 <:OSSACK FAIRY TALES. guests. He came beneath the window andsaid: We invite your little ladyship Foxey-Woxey, together with Mr. Shaggy Matthew, todinner—and back he ran again. But you should have told them to bringtheir spoons with them, said the bear. Oh, what a head Ive got! if I didnt quiteforget ! cried the hare, and back he wentagain, ran beneath the window and cried: Mind you bring your spoons! Very well, said the fox. So the cat and the fox went to the banquet,and when the cat saw the bacon, he put up hisback and stuck out his tail and cried: Mee-oo, mee-oo! with all his might. Butthey thought he said: *Ma-lo, ma-lo !* What! said the bear, who was hiding behind the beeches with the other beasts, herehave all we four been getting together all wecould, and this pig-faced cat calls it too little! * What a little I what a littl* i. The Hare invited the Cat and Fox to dinner and ba<* he ran again.—Page 166. COSSACK FAIRY TALES. 167 What a monstrous cat he must be to have suchan appetite! So they were all four very frightened, and thebear ran up a tree, and the others hid wherethey could. But when the cat saw the boarsbristles sticking out from behind the bushes hethought it was a mouse, and put up his backagain and cried: Ft! ft! ft! Frrrrrrr! Then they were more frightened than the boar went into a bush still further off,and the wolf went behind an oak, and the beargot down from the tree, and climbed up into abigger one, and the hare ran right away. But the cat remained in the midst of all thegood things and ate away at the bacon, and thelittle fox gobbled up the honey, and they ateand ate till they couldnt eat any more, and thenthey both went home licking their paws. 168 COSSACK FAIRY TALESo
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