. The peacock and the wishing-fairy and other stories . re insteadof hair or fur, and, what is more, if things wantto come near you to hurt you, all you have to dois to shoot a needle at them. It will stick inthem and bother them so much that they will runaway as quickly as they can and leave you inpeace. After this I know you will have no moretrouble. How perfectly splendid! the Porcupine said. Its won-derful. Thank you very much. I am glad that you did thisfor me. Now I wont have to be afraid of everything, and Iwont have to hide all the time. Good-by, Stella. I am verymuch obliged. Stella s
. The peacock and the wishing-fairy and other stories . re insteadof hair or fur, and, what is more, if things wantto come near you to hurt you, all you have to dois to shoot a needle at them. It will stick inthem and bother them so much that they will runaway as quickly as they can and leave you inpeace. After this I know you will have no moretrouble. How perfectly splendid! the Porcupine said. Its won-derful. Thank you very much. I am glad that you did thisfor me. Now I wont have to be afraid of everything, and Iwont have to hide all the time. Good-by, Stella. I am verymuch obliged. Stella stood and watched him for a long while after he hadstarted for home. As she was looking at him, he ran near a big snake—a bigblack one with angry, yellow eyes. The Snake curled up and hissed at him, and the Porcupinewas very frightened, for he knew that the Snake was going tospring at him. The first thing he knew a needle shot from ihim straight intothe Snake. The next thing he knew the Snake was glidingaway just as fast as it could go. THE PORCUPINE. I dont know which was the most surprised, the Snake or thePorcupine. The Porcupine turned around, and he saw Stella watchinghim. Did you see that? he called back to her. I should think I did, she said. Ive been watching youbecause I wanted to see how your needles would work. They work beautifully, he answered. I wont havetrouble any more. Thanks again. Youve been very goodto me. Stella waved her hand to him. No, you wont, she said. Good-by and good luck. Good-by, he called, as he shot a needle into the air justfor the fun of it; good-by. Now you know why the Porcupine is covered with needles:so that he can protect himself when anything wants to fighthim. And they protect him wonderfully too!
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