. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country : what the children saw and heard there . Lion, his uncles, and his bloodcousins be^an to build their ladder. Brother O Lion was the bottom round of this ladder, as youmay say, continued Mr. Rabbit. He rearedup and placed his hands against the tree, andone of his uncles jumped on his shoulders, andput his hands against the tree. Then a cousin,and then another uncle, and so on until the lad-der reached a considerable distance up the was such a high ladder that it began to wob-ble, and the last uncle had hard work to makehis way to the top
. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country : what the children saw and heard there . Lion, his uncles, and his bloodcousins be^an to build their ladder. Brother O Lion was the bottom round of this ladder, as youmay say, continued Mr. Rabbit. He rearedup and placed his hands against the tree, andone of his uncles jumped on his shoulders, andput his hands against the tree. Then a cousin,and then another uncle, and so on until the lad-der reached a considerable distance up the was such a high ladder that it began to wob-ble, and the last uncle had hard work to makehis way to the top. He climbed up very carefullyand slowly, for he was not used to this sort ofbusiness. He was the oldest and the fiercest ofthe old company, but his knees shook under himas he climbed up and felt the ladder shaking andwobbling. c? Mr. Man saw that by the time this big Liongot to the top of the ladder his teeth and hisclaws would be too close for comfort, and so hecalled out in an angry tone : — Just hold on ! Just stand right still! Wait!I m not after any of you except that fellow at. THE LADDER OF LIONS 225583B THE LAPDER OF LIONS. 9$ the bottom there. I m not trying to catch anyof you but him. He has bothered me let him go once, but I 11 not let him get awaythis time. Just stand ri^ht still and hold him c> there till I climb down the other side of thetree. With that Mr. Man shook the limbs andleaves and dropped some pieces of bark. Thiswas more than Brother Lion could stand. Hewas so frightened that he jumped from under theladder, and his uncles and his blood-cousins cametumbling to the ground, howling, growling, andfighting. They were as sorry-looking a sight as everyou saw when they came to their senses. Thosethat did nt have their bones broken by the fallwere torn and mangled. They had acted sofoolishly that out of the whole number, did nt get but three lion-skins that could becaUed perfect. Brother Lion went home to his mother asfast as he could go an
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