The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands

ey were trembling with cold and looked very weak, for they had had nothing to eat for two days. They had been buried under the snow, and it had taken all that time t

d not have come out in bare feet," she said

bare," replied

," said the cow-herd woman.

nto the house. "Keep away from the fire," said his eldest sister, who was wea

were stinging alread

d the eldest sister. "She will

ear a child's cries. When she saw the bare toes, white with cold, she gathered the little boy up in her arms and carried him to her room. The

. "But I don't want to get d

said the grandmother. "Then you must get down

e boy; and the grandmoth

HARE, THE FOX

Master Lampe often gave himself the treat of visiting

r your enchanting songs!" And he would spit at them,

e had been there making game of them. At this old Petz waxed very angry, and growled

bears. No sooner did Mrs. Petz hear him than she sprang upon him from her hiding-place. But, quick as lightning, Lam

wed him. Unluckily she stuck fast in the narrow cleft and

along, and Mrs. Pet

ollow tree full of honey in the forest; you could b

the honest trut

ave to say is to give you this warning: Never, if you love your own life, do you

part, Petz was again free, and she at once led the Man to the honey-tree. The Man returned home, yoked up his

the cart and crouched down under the peasant's window, sayin

children, seeing the prize, crowded around the father with

the forest, d

d. "Tell me, father, how did

n the cleft of a tree. Then I came along and helped her out of the scrape, and for thanks she showed me the hollow tree where

growled to herself, "Just wait once, wait! I'll b

to till his field. He yoked his oxen, filled a sack with grain, put it and a plough into the cart, and with a "Gee-up, you oxe

not to say a word to mortal soul of what had happened to me, and didn

nd, what an idea! I haven'

the Bear. "I was listen

ell, the cat is out of the bag, sur

rs. Petz, "it is

ning to all this, and he rustled in

, M

n the

lub in

d there quaking with fear of the enraged She-bear, and trying to contr

, M

n the

lub in

resolved to try his luck. So he poured the grain

Petz, step into this sack, and as penance for all my sins I will carry you around the field, heavy as you ar

an carried me around upon his shoulders!" But scarcely had she crawled into the sack when t

and asked, "And what am I to get, Ma

ou?" asked the Man.

N

uc

N

en

N

he mischief

bite off

, "What the dickens! How should I

e cried aloud in agony. Reinecke heard h

... and I will carr

ry; it startled the Master, and he

evening I fed nine hunting-dogs, and they a

st of you, only don't let your hunting-dogs come out here until I have

full of joy he went home that

t so clever that time,

grandmother. "But he was very clev

tell me that!" cr

at I had not done my stint of spinning? Come this eveni