Stranica 304 [304]
~The DOG and the SPARROW¬
HERE was once a sheep-dog whose
master behaved ill to him and did not
give him enough to eat, and when for
hunger he could bear it no longer, he
left his service very sadly. In the street
he was met by a sparrow, who said,
" Dog, my brother, why are you so
sad P”
And the dog answered,
"TI am hungry and have nothing to eat.”
Then said the sparrow,
‘“ Dear brother, come with me into the town; I will give
you plenty.”
Then they went together into the town, and soon they
came to a butcher’s stall, and the sparrow said to the dog,
" Stay here while I reach you down a piece of meat,” and
he perched on the stall, looked round to see that no one
noticed him, and pecked, pulled, and dragged so long at a piece
that lay near the edge of the board that at last it slid to the
ground. The dog picked it up, ran with it into a corner, and
ate it up. Then said the sparrow,
6 Now come with me to another stall, and I will get you
another piece, so that your hunger may be satisfied.”
When the dog had devoured a second piece the sparrow
asked, |
“Dog, my brother, are you satisfied now?"
“Ves, as to meat I am,” answered he, "but I have had no
bread."
Then said the sparrow,