WORLD OF STORIES FOR KIDS
NORWEGIAN FOLK TALES
The cock and
hen
[In this tale the notes of the cock and Hen are to be
imitated.]
HEN - "You promise me shoes year after year, year after year,
and
yet I get no shoes!"
Cock - "You shall have them, never fear!
Henny penny!"
Hen - "I lay egg after egg, egg after egg,
and yet I go about barefoot!"
Cock - "Well, take your eggs, and be off
to the tryst, and buy yourself shoes, and
don't go barefoot any longer!"
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