Oldal 243 [243]
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s OLD" SULTAN*
HERE was once a peasant who owned
a faithful dog called Sultan, now grown
so old that he had lost all his teeth, and
could lay hold of nothing. One day
the man was standing at the door of
his house with his wife, and he said,
“1 shall kill old Sultan to-morrow ;
he is of no good any longer.”
His wife felt sorry for the poor
dog, and answered, " He has served us for so many years,
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in his old age.”
‘Dear me, you do not seem to understand the matter,”
mind him in the least, so I do not see why he should not be
made away with. If he has served us well, we have given him
plenty of good food.”
The poor dog, who was lying stretched out in the sun not
friend the wolf, and slipped out in the evening to the wood to
“Listen to me, old fellow,” said the wolf; “be of good
courage, I will help you in your need. } have thought of a
making with his wife, and they will take their child with them,
so that no one will be left at home. They will be sure to lay
you must lie by its side, just as if you were watching it. Then