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