. The pink fairy book. Big Lion. One day he said to his master,Grandfather, shall I show you a splendid way to killgame ? What is it? asked Big Lion. We must dig a ditch, and then you must lie in it andpretend to be dead. Big Lion did as he was told, and when he had laindown the little hare got up on a wall blew a trumpet andshouted — Pii, pii, all you animals come and see,Big Lion is dead, and now peace will be. Directly they heard this they all came running. Thelittle hare received them and said, Pass on, this way THE LITTLE HARE 329 to the lion. So they all entered into the Animal King-dom.
. The pink fairy book. Big Lion. One day he said to his master,Grandfather, shall I show you a splendid way to killgame ? What is it? asked Big Lion. We must dig a ditch, and then you must lie in it andpretend to be dead. Big Lion did as he was told, and when he had laindown the little hare got up on a wall blew a trumpet andshouted — Pii, pii, all you animals come and see,Big Lion is dead, and now peace will be. Directly they heard this they all came running. Thelittle hare received them and said, Pass on, this way THE LITTLE HARE 329 to the lion. So they all entered into the Animal King-dom. Last of all came the monkey with her baby onher back. She approached the ditch, and took a bladeof grass and tickled Big Lions nose, and his nostrilsmoved in spite of his efforts to keep them still. Thenthe monkey cried, Come, my baby, climb on my backand let us go. What sort of a dead body is it that canstill feel when it is tickled? And she and her baby wentaway in a fright. Then the little hare said to the other. beasts, Now, shut the gate of the Animal it was shut, and great stones were rolled against everything was tight closed the little hare turnedto Big Lion and said Noiv ! and Big Lion bounded outof the ditch and tore the other animals in pieces. But Big Lion kept all the choice bits for himself, andonly gave away the little scraps that he did not care abouteating; and the little hare grew very angry, and deter-mined to have his revenge. He had Ions; a2:o found out 330 THE LITTLE HARE that Big Lion was very easily taken in ; so he laid his plansaccordingly. He said to hiin, as if the idea had justcome into his head, Grandfather, let us build a hut, andBig Lion consented. And when they had driven thestakes into the ground, and had made the walls of thehut, the little hare told Big Lion to climb upon the topwhile he stayed inside. When he was ready he calledout, Now, grandfather, begin, and Big Lion passed hisrod through the reeds with which the ro
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