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| - | There was once on a time, an old Goat who had seven little Kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. | + | There was once on a time, an old [[:animals#Goat]] who had seven little Kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. |
| One day, she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food. So she called all seven to her and said, "Dear Children, I have to go into the forest. Be on your guard against the Wolf. If he come in, he will devour you all—skin, hair, and all. The wretch often disguises himself; but you will know him at once by his rough voice and his black feet." | One day, she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food. So she called all seven to her and said, "Dear Children, I have to go into the forest. Be on your guard against the Wolf. If he come in, he will devour you all—skin, hair, and all. The wretch often disguises himself; but you will know him at once by his rough voice and his black feet." | ||
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| But the little Kids knew that it was the Wolf, by his rough voice. "We will not open the door," cried they; "you are not our mother. She has a soft, pleasant voice, but your voice is rough. You are the Wolf!" | But the little Kids knew that it was the Wolf, by his rough voice. "We will not open the door," cried they; "you are not our mother. She has a soft, pleasant voice, but your voice is rough. You are the Wolf!" | ||
| - | Then the Wolf went away to a shopkeeper, and bought a great lump of chalk, ate this and made his voice soft with it. Then he came back, knocked at the door of the house, and cried, "Open the door, dear Children! Your mother is here and has brought something back with her for each of you." | + | Then the [[:animals#Wolf]] went away to a shopkeeper, and bought a great lump of chalk, ate this and made his voice soft with it. Then he came back, knocked at the door of the house, and cried, "Open the door, dear Children! Your mother is here and has brought something back with her for each of you." |
| But the Wolf had laid his black paws against the window, and the children saw them, and cried, "We will not open the door, our mother has not black feet like you. You are the Wolf!" | But the Wolf had laid his black paws against the window, and the children saw them, and cried, "We will not open the door, our mother has not black feet like you. You are the Wolf!" | ||
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| When the Wolf had had his sleep out, he got on his legs, and as the stones in his stomach made him very thirsty, he wanted to go to a well to drink. But when he began to walk and to move about, the stones in his stomach knocked against each other and rattled. Then cried he: | When the Wolf had had his sleep out, he got on his legs, and as the stones in his stomach made him very thirsty, he wanted to go to a well to drink. But when he began to walk and to move about, the stones in his stomach knocked against each other and rattled. Then cried he: | ||
| - | "//What rumbles and tumbles//\\ | + | > What rumbles and tumbles |
| - | //Against my poor bones?//\\ | + | > Against my poor bones? |
| - | //I thought 'twas six Kids,//\\ | + | > I thought 'twas six Kids, |
| - | //But it's only big stones!//"\\ | + | > But it's only big stones! |
| And when he got to the well and stooped over the water and was just about to drink, the heavy stones made him fall in. There was no help for it, but he had to drown miserably! | And when he got to the well and stooped over the water and was just about to drink, the heavy stones made him fall in. There was no help for it, but he had to drown miserably! | ||
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