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The Lambkin

Once upon a time there was a wee, wee lambkin.

The wee lambkin jumped about on his little legs.

He ate the green grass and had a fine time.

One day he thought he would go to his grandmother's house.

"I shall be very happy," he said.

"Grandmother will take care of me and give me good things to eat."

As the wee lambkin was going along the road, he met a fox.

The fox liked to eat lambkins, and so he said, "Lambkin! Lambkin! I will eat you!"

But the wee lambkin jumped about on his little legs and said, "To Grandmother's house I go, Where I shall bigger grow. Then you can eat me so."

The fox liked to eat fat lambkins, and so he let the lambkin go on.

The wee lambkin jumped about on his little legs and went on.

By and by he met a tiger. Next he met a wolf.

The tiger and the wolf liked to eat lambkins. So they called out, "Lambkin! Lambkin! We will eat you!"

Lambkin began to dance around on his little legs.

He said, "To Grandmother's house I go, Where I shall bigger grow. Then you can eat me so."

The tiger and the wolf liked to eat fat lambkins.

So they let the wee lambkin go on to his grandmother's to grow fat.

Before long the wee lambkin came to his grandmother's house.

His grandmother was at the door.

"Oh, Grandmother dear," he said, "how glad I am to see you! I want to stay with you until I grow fat."

"Very well," she said, and she gave him wheat and corn to eat.

Wee Lambkin ate and ate until he grew very, very fat.

"How fat you are, Lambkin!" said his grandmother one day.

"Now you must go home."

"Oh, no, no!" said Lambkin.

"The fox or the wolf or the tiger will catch me and eat me up."

Grandmother said, "Let me think."

She thought and thought.

At last she cried, "Oh, I know what to do! We can play a good trick on the tiger, the wolf, and the fox.

I will make a little drum for you.

You can climb into the little drum and roll home."

So Grandmother made a drumkin and helped Lambkin climb into it.

Then the wee lambkin began to roll along the road to his home.

Soon Lambkin met the tiger and the wolf. They cried, "Drumkin! Drumkin! Have you seen Lambkin?"

Lambkin in his drumkin called out, "Lost in the woods, And so are you. On, little Drumkin! Tumpa-tum-too."

The tiger and the wolf were angry because they had no lambkin to eat.

As Lambkin rolled along, he sang, "Tumpa-tum-too. Tumpa-tum-too."

He went on until he met the fox.

The fox called out, "Drumkin! Drumkin! Have you seen Lambkin?"

Lambkin in his drumkin called back to him, "Lost in the woods, And so are you. On, little Drumkin! Tumpa-tum-too!"

Now the fox could smell Lambkin in the drumkin, and he called out, "Lambkin! Lambkin! Come out of that drumkin!"

"Try to catch me!" said Lambkin.

The fox ran after the drumkin. But the drumkin rolled faster and faster until it had gone far away from the fox.

The last thing the fox heard was, "Lost in the woods, And so are you. On, little Drumkin! Tumpa-tum-too!"

Lesson 23 The Lambkin

Lesson 23 The Lambkin

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