. Stories for little children . THE RUNAWAY DONKEY I J- UJJ-LrlVj JLtJUJ. R THE SILLY LITTLE GRASSHOPPER And ran and ran and ran and ranAnd Ran and RAN and RAN!. And he never came back! Emilie Poulsson(abridged) THE SILLY LITTLE GRASSHOPPER THERE was a little grasshopperForever on the jump,And as he never looked aheadHe often got a bump. His mother said to him one dayWhile they were in the stubble,If you dont look before you leapYou 11 get yourself in STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN But the silly little grasshopperDespised his wise old mother,And said he knew what best to doAnd bade he
. Stories for little children . THE RUNAWAY DONKEY I J- UJJ-LrlVj JLtJUJ. R THE SILLY LITTLE GRASSHOPPER And ran and ran and ran and ranAnd Ran and RAN and RAN!. And he never came back! Emilie Poulsson(abridged) THE SILLY LITTLE GRASSHOPPER THERE was a little grasshopperForever on the jump,And as he never looked aheadHe often got a bump. His mother said to him one dayWhile they were in the stubble,If you dont look before you leapYou 11 get yourself in STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN But the silly little grasshopperDespised his wise old mother,And said he knew what best to doAnd bade her not to bother. He hurried off across the fields,An unknown path he took,When lo! he gave a heedless jumpAnd landed in the brook. He struggled hard to reach the bank, A floating straw he seizes, When quite a hungry trout darts out And tears him all to pieces. Anonymous THE ELF AND THE DORMOUSE UNDER a toadstoolCrept a wee Elf, Out of the rainTo shelter himself. Under the toadstoolSound asleep, Sat a big DormouseAll in a heap.
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