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Great was the mother goat's
grief when she heard of her children's fate. Down she dropped on the bench
and began weeping and sobbing bitterly, saying over and over: "O my children dear, o my kiddies own, Why did I ever leave you alone? For the wicked wolf you opened the door, Never, I fear, will I see you more!" The wolf heard her. He came
into the hut and said: "Why do you make me
out to be such a villain, Mistress Goat? It was not I who ate your kids. Do
not grieve, but come for a walk in the woods with me instead." |
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They went to the woods and
soon came upon a hole in the ground with a fire burning in it. Said the mother goat to the
wolf: "Come, wolf, let us
see which of us can jump over the hole." And she made a great leap
and went straight across. The wolf jumped after her but he tripped and fell
into the fire. His belly burst open from the heat, and out the kids hopped,
safe and sound, and ran straight to their mother! And they lived happily ever
after. |
