ThWolfandthSvnLittlKidsThr was onc upon a tim an old goat who had svn littl kids, and lovd thm with all th lov of a mothr for hr childrn. On day sh wantd to go into th forst and ftch som food. So sh calld all svn to hr and said: 'Dar childrn, I hav to go into th forst, b on your guard against th wolf; if h coms in, h will dvour you all--skin, hair, and vrything. Th wrtch oftn disguiss himslf, but you will know him at onc by his rough voic and his black ft.' Th kids said: 'Dar mothr, w will tak good car of ourslvs; you may go away without any anxity.' Thn th old on blatd, and wnt on hr way with an asy mind. It was not long bfor somon knockd at th hous-door and calld: 'Opn th door, dar childrn; your mothr is hr, and has brought somthing back with hr for ach of you.' But th littl kids knw that it was th wolf, by th rough voic. 'W will not opn th door,' crid thy, 'you ar not our mothr. Sh has a soft, plasant voic, but your voic is rough; you ar th wolf!' Thn th wolf wnt away to a shopkpr and bought himslf a grat lump of chalk, at this and mad his voic soft with it. Thn h cam back, knockd at th door of th hous, and calld: 'Opn th door, dar childrn, your mothr is hr and has brought somthing back with hr for ach of you.' But th wolf had laid his black paws against th window, and th childrn saw thm and crid: 'W will not opn th door, our mothr has not black ft lik you: you ar th wolf!' Thn th wolf ran to a bakr and said: 'I hav hurt my ft, rub som dough ovr thm for m.' And whn th bakr had rubbd his ft ovr, h ran to th millr and said: 'Strw som whit mal ovr my ft for m.' Th millr thought to himslf: 'Th wolf wants to dciv somon,' and rfusd; but th wolf said: 'If you will not do it, I will dvour you.' Thn th millr was afraid, and mad his paws whit for him. Truly, this is th way of mankind. So now th wrtch wnt for th third tim to th hous-door, knockd at it and said: 'Opn th door for m, childrn, your dar littl mothr has com hom, and has brought vry on of you somthing back from th forst with hr.' Th littl kids crid: 'First show us your paws that w may know if you ar our dar littl mothr.' Thn h put his paws in through th window and whn th kids saw that thy wr whit, thy blivd that all h said was tru, and opnd th door. But who should com in but th wolf! Thy wr trrifid and wantd to hid thmslvs. On sprang undr th tabl, th scond into th bd, th third into th stov, th fourth into th kitchn, th fifth into th cupboard, th sixth undr th washing-bowl, and th svnth into th clock-cas. But th wolf found thm all, and usd no grat crmony; on aftr th othr h swallowd thm down his throat. Th youngst, who was in th clock-cas, was th only on h did not find. Whn th wolf had satisfid his apptit h took himslf off, laid himslf down undr a tr in th grn madow outsid, and bgan to slp. Soon aftrwards th old goat cam hom again from th forst. Ah! what a sight sh saw thr! Th hous-door stood wid opn. Th tabl, chairs, and bnchs wr thrown down, th washing-bowl lay brokn to pics, and th quilts and pillows wr pulld off th bd. Sh sought hr childrn, but thy wr nowhr to b found. Sh calld thm on aftr anothr by nam, but no on answrd. At last, whn sh cam to th youngst, a soft voic crid: 'Dar mothr, I am in th clock-cas.' Sh took th kid out, and it told hr that th wolf had com and had atn all th othrs. Thn you may imagin how sh wpt ovr hr poor childrn. At lngth in hr grif sh wnt out, and th youngst kid ran with hr. Whn thy cam to th madow, thr lay th wolf by th tr and snord so loud that th branchs shook. Sh lookd at him on vry sid and saw that somthing was moving and struggling in his gorgd blly. 'Ah, havns,' sh said, 'is it possibl that my poor childrn whom h has swallowd down for his suppr, can b still aliv?' Thn th kid had to run hom and ftch scissors, and a ndl and thrad, and th goat cut opn th monstr's stomach, and hardly had sh mad on cut, than on littl kid thrust its had out, and whn sh had cut farthr, all six sprang out on aftr anothr, and wr all still aliv, and had suffrd no injury whatvr, for in his grdinss th monstr had swallowd thm down whol. What rjoicing thr was! Thy mbracd thir dar mothr, and jumpd lik a tailor at his wdding. Th mothr, howvr, said: 'Now go and look for som big stons, and w will fill th wickd bast's stomach with thm whil h is still aslp.' Thn th svn kids draggd th stons thithr with all spd, and put as many of thm into this stomach as thy could gt in; and th mothr swd him up again in th gratst hast, so that h was not awar of anything and nvr onc stirrd. Whn th wolf at lngth had had his fill of slp, h got on his lgs, and as th stons in his stomach mad him vry thirsty, h wantd to go to a wll to drink. But whn h bgan to walk and to mov about, th stons in his stomach knockd against ach othr and rattld. Thn crid h: 'What rumbls and tumbls

Against my poor bons?

I thought 'twas six kids,

But it fls lik big stons.' And whn h got to th wll and stoopd ovr th watr to drink, th havy stons mad him fall in, and h drownd misrably. Whn th svn kids saw that, thy cam running to th spot and crid aloud: 'Th wolf is dad! Th wolf is dad!' and dancd for joy round about th wll with thir mothr.