Part 5 (2/2)
”Roll! roll!” cried the little boy; and the trundle-bed went trundling a up the chip the little leaves on the trees The poor old Moon began to have a bad tiot in his way so that he could not go so fast as the bed, and every tiot behind, the little boy called, ”Hurry up, old Moon, I want the beasts to see me!”
But all the animals were asleep, and nobody at all looked at Little Jack Rollaround except an old White Owl; and all she said was, ”Who are you?”
The little boy did not like her, so he blew harder, and the trundle-bed boat went sailing through the forest till it cao hoo with you; make a path!” said Little Jack Rollaround
The kind Moon made a path up to the sky, and up sailed the little bed into the ht Stars were there with their nice little lahty Little Jack Rollaround began to tease ”Out of the way, there! I a!”
he shouted, and sailed the trundle-bed boat straight at theht and left, all over the sky, until every one of them put his little lamp out and left it dark
”Do not treat the little Stars so,” said the good Moon
But Jack Rollaround only behaved the worse: ”Get out of the way, old Moon!” he shouted, ”I a!”
And he steered the little trundle-bed boat straight into the old Moon's face, and buood Moon; he put out his big light, all at once, and left the sky pitch-black
”Make a light, old Moon! Make a light!” shouted the little boy But the Moon answered never a word, and Jack Rollaround could not see where to steer He went rolling criss-cross, up and down, all over the sky, knocking into the planets and stu into the clouds, till he did not knohere he was
Suddenly he saw a big yellow light at the very edge of the sky He thought it was the Moon ”Look out, I aht
But it was not the kind old Moon at all; it was the great in her day's work
”Aha, youngster, what are you doing in my sky?” she said And she picked Little Jack Rollaround up and threw him, trundle-bed boat and all, into the middle of the sea!
And I suppose he is there yet, unless soain
HOW BROTHER RABBIT FOOLED THE WHALE AND THE ELEPHANT[1]
[1] Adapted from two tales included in the records of the American Folk-Lore Society
One day little Brother Rabbit was running along on the sand, lippety, lippety, when he saw the Whale and the Elephant talking together
Little Brother Rabbit crouched down and listened to what they were saying This hat they were saying:--
”You are the biggest thing on the land, Brother Elephant,” said the Whale, ”and I aether we can rule all the ani”
”Very good, very good,” trumpeted the Elephant; ”that suits me; ill do it”
Little Brother Rabbit snickered to hiot a very long, very strong rope, and he got his big dru way off in the bushes Then he went along the beach till he ca Mr Whale,” he said, ”will you have the great kindness to do me a favor? My cow is stuck in the mud, a quarter of a mile fro and so obliging, that I venture to trust you will help me out”