The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
y to the zemstvo. In a few days he must go to the capital of the district, and he had decided to take the little boy and his mother with him. That was new
ere were no railroads when I was young, and I should not like to travel on one. A good sledge with three horses
t how soon they were to go. "Shall
t to-day!"
rrow,
ut perhaps the da
time!" sighed
mother. "There is no virtue so ne
dered back to his
patience; but I don't know how. We are not goi
id the grandmother. "If I we
dma!" cried the little boy. "I can be
id the grandmo
AND THE
ance, agreeing that whichever of them found anything goo
nd baited with a great piece of meat. He therefo
have a grand feast. But you are more limber than I, so just slip gently in and pull out the
ut to pull the meat from the hook, when-snap!-his forefoot was fast in the tra
but instead of freeing the Badger
e eaten this morsel before some one comes from the
eized him by the nape of the neck. At this moment the moujik came running up, crying fr
saying to the Badger, "You may go free; his skin is wo
Reinecke," observ
nd so he got punished,
silent for a few mi
ma, I am not
stories don't help you to be patient
I am a little patient now, just a very little. If you
aughed. Then she
AND THE
on a steep hill, and the Hedgehog invited t
own first," re
mself into a round ball and rolled down the
At last the thought occurred to him to call a butcher, and
ecke; and the Hedgehog ans
d the Fox, "I
r teeth, Master,"
e Hedgehog told him they were not
Wolf, who asked him,
tcher," said
, sure enough,"
ow me yo
the Hedgehog, well pleased,
in pieces, and inviting all his kindred to the feast, he gave each of them a fine mors
ed the Hedgehog, quite vexed; and
reason with Isegrim. But the Wolf only answered, "If yo
edgehog knew where there was a trap, and he led Isegrim in that direction. T
d with all the strength of his paw. So he wa
ory is
er," observed the little boy after a mo
d some yarn for your sister. I heard her say that she was going to knit some warm mitt