Stranica 190 [190]
150 GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES.
c What is this that I hear?” cried the tailor, and he ran and
called out to the youth,
“© you liar, to say that the goat was full, and she has
been hungry all the time!” And in his wrath he took up
his yard-measure and drove his son out of the house with
many blows.
The next day came the turn of the second son, and he
found a fine place in the garden hedge, where there were
good green sprouts, and the goat ate them all up. In the
evening, when he came to lead her home, he said,
“Well, goat, have you had enough?” And the goat
answered,
‘¢ T am so full,
I could not pull
Another blade of grass—ba! baa
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“Then come home,” said the youth, and led her home,
and tied her up.
“Now,” said the old tailor, "has the goat had her proper
food ? "
c Oh? answered the son, "she is so full, she no more
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can pull."
The tailor, not feeling satisfied, went out to the stall, and
sald,
““My dear goat, are you really full?” And the goat
answered,
c How can I be full?
There was nothing to pull,
Though I looked all about me—ba! baa!”’
“The good-for-nothing rascal,” cried the tailor, "to let the
dear creature go fasting!” and, running back, he chased the
youth with his yard-wand out of the house.
Then came the turn of the third son, who, meaning to
make all sure, found some shrubs with the finest sprouts pos¬
sible, and left the goat to devour them. In the evening, when
he came to lead her home, he said,
“Well, goat, are you full?” And the goat answered,
** T am so full,
I could not pull
Another blade of grass—ba! baa!”