So that was another big silly.
Then the gentleman went on his travels again; and he came to a
village, and outside the village there was a pond, and round the pond
was a crowd of people. And they had rakes, and brooms, and pitchforks,
reaching into the pond; and the gentleman asked what was the matter.
"Why," they say, "matter enough! Moon's tumbled into the pond, and we
can't rake her out anyhow!" So the gentleman burst out laughing, and
told them to look up into the sky, and that it was only the shadow in
the water. But they wouldn't listen to him, and abused him shamefully
and he got away as quick as he could.
So there were a whole lot of sillies bigger than the three sillies at
home. So the gentleman turned back home again and married the farmer's
daughter, and if they didn't live happy for ever after, that's nothing
to do with you or me.
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CELTIC STORIES
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KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE
ADAPTED BY JOSEPH JACOBS
Och, I thought all the world, far and near, had heerd of King
O'Toole--well, well, but the darkness of mankind is untellable! Well,
sir, you must know, as you didn't hear it afore, that there was a
King, called King O'Toole, who was a fine old King in the old ancient
times, long ago; and it was he that owned the churches in the early
days.
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