Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03

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Tvs on pleasant Sunday morning
toward harvest time. just as the buck.
wheat blcssomed. The sun had ecns
brightly up in the heaven; the morning
wind swept warm over the stubble ;
the larks sang in the air; the bees hum:
med in the buckwheat; the good folk ven,
in Sunday gear to church, and all crea.
lures were happy and the hedgehog also.
The hedgehog stood before the door
with his arms folded, peeped ou: into the
morning air. and chirtrped q little SONG
to himself. just as good and just as bad q,
hedgehog is wont to sing on pleasant
Sunday morning.
And as he was singing to himself. in .
CHEEKY little voice, all at once it came into
his head he might as we'll, while his wife
was washing and dressing the children,
take little walk into the field and see
how his tuthips were standing. Now the
turnips we're close to his hous.e and he
used to eat them With his family, so that
he looked upon them as his own. Nc
sooner said than done.
The hedgehog shut the house door to
after him. and took his way to the field.
He had not gone very far from the house
and was about to turn. just by the thorn.
bush which stands there before the field
near the turnip patch. when he met the
hare, who had gone out on a similar bus
incss. namely. to look after his cabbages.
When the hedgehog caught sight of the
hare. he bid him friendly good morn.
ing! But the hare. who. in his own way,
was mighty 6ne gentleman, and held
his head very high. answered nothing to
the hedgehog's greeting. bu. said to the
hcdsehss. putting on thereby . mos,
scorLful mien. How happens it. that thou
art strolling about here in the field SO ear
ly in the morning
Il am taking walk said the hedge
hog.
Taking a walk laughed the hare I;
'methinks thou mightest use those legs Of
thine for better things
This answer vexcd the hedgehog huge
ly. for he could stand almost anything,
but his legs he did not like to have spo-
ken about, because they we're crooked BY
nature.
Thou ,hinkcst. perhaps. said the hedge
hog to the hare. thou coald'st do more
with thine own legsP
That's what do think, said the hare.
'Tha. depends upou the trial. quoth the
hedgehog. i bet that il we run a race
together, I beat thee hollow
That's quito laushable. thou with thy
crooked legs said the hare. but I've
nothing against it if thou art 20 bent upon
it. What's the bet
a golden louis dor and . bottle ol
brandy +! said the hedgehog.
Done. said the hare. fall in then, and
it may conc of at once.'
Nay. there's no sach hurry said the
hedgehog. 'l'm still quito hungry I'll
60 home and get bit of breakfas. first ;
within half hour I'll be here again on the
spot
With this the hedgehog went his way,
for the hare was also content.
On the way the hedgehog thought to
himself:
The hare trusts to his long legs. but I'll
fetch him for oil that; he's fine gentle.
man. to be sure; but he's only stupid
fellow. and pay he shall +
Now. when tho hedgehog came to his
house, he said to bis wife, Wife, dress
thyself in my gear quickly; thou must 60
with me to the ficld.'
What's all this about r said the wife.
I've bet the hare . golden louis dor
and bottle Of brandy that I beat him in
a race, aud thou must be by
u. my dear husband y began the hedge
hogs wife to cry. art thou foolish I? hast
thou quite lost thine understanding p
How canss thou wish to run . race With
the hare p
Hold thy mouth. wife, said the hedge
hog. that's my business; don't mcddlc
with mems affairs. March dress thy
self in my clothes and then come along
What could the hcdgehog's wife do p
She bad to follow whether she would or
no. When they were on the way togeth.
er the hedgehog said to his wife Now,
listen to what have to say. Sec'ss thou.
oE the long acre yonder will be run our
race. The hare runs in one furrow and
in another. and We begin TO run from up
there. Now. thou bast nothing else to do
than to take thy place here in the furrow.
and when the bare comes rp on the other
side thou must call ous to him. Pm
here already - With this they had
reached the field; the hedgehog showed
his wife the place and went up the furrow.
When he got to the upper end the hare
was already there.
Can we start r said the hare.
Yes. indeed : said the hedgehog.
To i. then 7 aud with that each placed
himself in his furrow. and the hare count
cd one. two, three and away he wen:
like . sturm.wiud down the fcld. Blu,
the hedgehog ran about three steps, and
then dacked down in the fnrrow aud 81.
still.
When the here. on the full bound came
to the lo~er end Of the Geld, the hedge.
hogs wife called out to him. In here al.
already The hare started and wonder.
Cd not a little; be thought no otherwise
than that il vas she hedgehog himself ,ha,
ran oas 10 meet him. for. ss every ons
knows. the hsdgchcg's wifs looks like hei
husband.
But the hare thought: Thers's some.
thing wrong about this ! Ansther rses