Selected Polish Tales by Various;Else C. M. Benecke
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because he was the only one who hired himself out for work; but
whatever happened, the squire would always be the squire, and they the gospodarze. He hummed again, but under his breath, so that the boys should not hear him: 'The cuckoo cuckooed in the forest, Say the neighbours, I am the dullest.' Suddenly he turned upon Stasiek, and wanted to know why he was dragging along as if he were being taken to jail, and didn't talk. 'I...I am wondering why we are going to the manor?' 'Don't you want to go?' 'No; I am afraid.' 'What is there to be afraid of?' snapped Slimak, but he himself was shivering. 'You see, my boy,' he continued, more kindly, 'we have bought the new cow from the Soltys and we shall want more hay, so I am going to ask the squire to let me rent the field.' 'I see....But, daddy, I am always wondering what the grass thinks when the cows chew it up.' 'What should it think? It doesn't think at all.' 'But, daddy, why shouldn't it think? When people are standing round the |
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