More Russian Picture Tales

More Russian Picture Tales, by
Valery Carrick

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Title: More Russian Picture Tales
Author: Valery Carrick
Translator: Nevill Forbes
Release Date: November 12, 2007 [EBook #23462]
Language: English
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MORE RUSSIAN PICTURE TALES
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MORE RUSSIAN
PICTURE TALES
BY
VALERY CARRICK
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TRANSLATED BY NEVILL FORBES
NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1914, 1920, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
1. The Cock and the Bean 1
2. The Goat and the Ram 11
3. The Hungry Wolf 25

4. The Peasant and the Bear 39
5. The Dog and the Cock 45
6. King Frost 53
7. The Bear's Paw 67
8. The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters 73
9. The Straw Ox 87
10. The Fox and the Blackbird 103

THE COCK AND THE BEAN.
A cock was scratching one day in the earth under the wall of a cottage
when he found a bean.
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He tried to swallow it, and choked himself. He choked himself and
stretched himself out, and there he lay, and couldn't even breathe.
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And his mistress saw him, ran up to him, and asked: "Mr. Cock, what
makes you lie there like that, so that you can't breathe?"
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"I've choked myself with a bean," he answered. "Go and ask the cow
for some butter."
And his mistress came to the cow and said: "Mrs. Cow, give me some
butter! My cock is lying there and can't even breathe, he has choked
himself with a bean."

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And the cow answered: "Go and ask the hay-makers for some hay."
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And she came to the hay-makers and said: "Hay-makers, give me some
hay! The hay's for the cow who will give me some butter, and the
butter's for my cock who is lying there and can't breathe, he's choked
himself with a bean." And the hay-makers answered: "Go and ask the
oven to give you some loaves."
And she came to the oven and said: "Oven, oven, give me some loaves!
The loaves are for the hay-makers, who will give me some hay, the
hay's for the cow, who will give me some butter, and the butter's for my
cock who is lying there and can't breathe, he's choked himself with a
bean."
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And the oven answered: "Go and ask the wood-cutters for some wood."
And she came to the wood cutters and said: "Give me some wood! The
wood's for the oven, who will give me some loaves, the loaves are for
the hay-cutters, who will give me some hay, the hay's for the cow, who
will give me some butter, the butter's for my cock who is lying there
and can't breathe, he's choked himself with a bean."
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And they answered: "Go and ask the smith for an axe, we've nothing to
cut the wood with."
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So she came to the smith and said: "Smith, smith, give me an axe! The
axe is for the wood-cutters, who will give me some wood, the wood's
for the oven, who will give me some loaves, the loaves are for the
hay-makers, who will give me some hay, the hay's for the cow, who

will give me some butter, and the butter's for my cock who is lying
there and can't breathe, he's choked himself with a bean." And he
answered: "Go into the forest and burn me some charcoal."
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So she went into the forest, gathered a bundle of sticks, and burned
some charcoal. Then she took the charcoal to the smith, and he gave her
an axe. She went with the axe to the wood-cutters, and the wood-cutters
gave her some wood. The wood she took to the oven, and the oven
gave her some loaves.
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She took the loaves to the hay-makers, and the hay-makers gave her
some hay. The hay she took to the cow, who gave her some butter. She
brought the butter to the cock, and the cock gulped it down and
swallowed the bean.
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Then he jumped up merrily and started singing "Cock-a-doodle-doo! I
was sitting under the wall, plaiting shoes, when I lost my awl,