Part 7 (1/2)

THE LAMBIKIN[1]

[1] From Indian Fairy Tales By Joseph Jacobs (David Nutt)

Once upon a time there was a ee Las, and enjoyed hily

Now one day he set off to visit his Granny, and was juet from her, ho morsel and said, ”Laave a little frisk and said,--

”To Granny's house I go, Where I shall fatter grow; Then you can eat ht this reasonable, and let Lambikin pass

By and by he rily at the tender morsel before him, said, ”Laave a little frisk, and said,--

”To Granny's house I go, Where I shall fatter grow; Then you can eat ht this reasonable, and let Laer, and then a Wolf and a Dog and an Eagle, and all these, when they saw the tender little morsel, said, ”Lambikin!

Lambikin! I'll EAT YOU!”

But to all of them Lambikin replied, with a little frisk,--

”To Granny's house I go, Where I shall fatter grow; Then you can eat me so”

At last he reached his Granny's house, and said, all in a great hurry, ”Granny, dear, I've proht to keep their promises, please put me into the corn-bin AT ONCE”

So his Granny said he was a good boy, and put hireedy little Lambikin stayed for seven days, and ate, and ate, and ate, until he could scarcely waddle, and his Granny said he was fat enough for anything, andlittle Lambikin said that would never do, for some animal would be sure to eat him on the way back, he was so plump and tender

”I'll tell you what you must do,” said Master Lambikin; ”you must make a little drumikin out of the skin of my little brother who died, and then I can sit inside and trundle along nicely, for I'ht as a drum myself”

So his Granny made a nice little drumikin out of his brother's skin, with the wool inside, and La and warayly Soon he le, who called out,--

”Drumikin! Drumikin!

Have you seen Lambikin?”

And Mr Lambikin, curled up in his soft, warm nest, replied,--

”Fallen into the fire, and so will you On little Druhed the Eagle, thinking regretfully of the tender morsel he had let slip