Stranica 308 [308]
IF RED and KATE#
HERE were once a young husband and
wife, and their names were Fred and
Kate. One day said Fred,
"I must go now to my work in the
fields, Kate, and when I come back
you must have on the table some roast
meat to satisfy my hunger, and some
cool drink to quench my thirst.”
“All right, Fred,” answered Kate ;
“be off with you, I will see to it.”
When dinner-time began to draw near, she took down a
sausage from the chimney, put it in a frying-pan with some
butter, and stood it over the fire. ‘The sausage began to
frizzle and fry, and Kate stood holding the handle of the pan, .
and fell into deep thought; at last she said to herself,
“While the sausage is cooking I might as well be drawing
the beer in the cellar,”
So she saw that the frying-pan was standing firmly, and
then took a can and went down into the cellar to draw the
beer. Now, while Kate was watching the beer run into the
can, a sudden thought came into her mind.
“Holloa ! the dog is not fastened up ; he may perhaps get
at the sausage,” and in a trice she was up the cellar steps:
but already the dog had it in his mouth, and was making off
with it. Then Kate, with all haste, followed after him and
chased him a good way into the fields, but the dog was
quicker than Kate, and, never letting slip the sausage, was
soon at a great distance.
“Well, it can’t be helped!” said Kate turning back, and