The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-27
a LESSOR LEARNED.
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gnGe pen q tiEaE there lived On tne
big sIeppes 81 RuET1a q hunter who had
TWO dogs which ne loved more THAR
anything IN Ihs word
One day he went hunting with the
ACROSS the steppes fer many. many
miles. bit dtd not bag as much as q
single hare Or ever Z wild dove, To-
ward evening ne gaw ta-away @aat
locked like q campfire, ard then he
went Closer be Raw that il WE aD old
stump ali afre. and In the center was
2 snake, which crae6 70 him:
oh. little father help rce OUT Of
this and viii make you happy for Life
! viii teach you 10 know every lar
glage spoken on earth. and even TO
understand what the animals say"
y should willingly help you" replied
The hunter, but ! DO not know how"
h / shal! tell you. Put your
rararnd ac-oBs the fire an then ! can
craw! out Or It"
The hunler di6 as he was taught and
the snake made its escap e-
i thank you very rzpch- little father.
and from now or yoG EgiII understand
the language Of every living being. but
you must not tail anybody that you
understand 1t Or vol Will drop dead I'm
-aediately.~
The hunte- went On Rig way. hr1 ne
was FAY away from home and II soon
became SO dark that he decided TO
camp @ut overnight under z clunp Of
trees. Ee iii a campfire and laid down
70 sleep. And then he heard how his
two dogs began 10 talk 10 each either.
Z tell you, little brother" said the
one y think Q had better stay here
aa9 keep watch over CIR master and
/ T24 IL home Z keep there's away
from the house.
Al sunrise the dog returned from the
hunters home ard said 10 his comrzde.
who had slept under the trees:
Good morning, brothsr. l hope you
had { quiet night"
y have SLEPT fine" said the other,
and how cid your might pssgz4
"Ml5eraelyl When / came home she
mistress began 10 scol6 rne that I dared
come rome without my master, and
Ihrsy; az Ole crust at me. / Just locked
at IL hui rever touched II. but ther she
gnt mad and gave me z terrible h-arh-
ing WIKI The broornstlck. so that she
nearly broke my ribs And in the
night whein / had just fallen asleep.
lalFTss came around and / went after
a1sm aao chat@d them away and got a
goo1 bite out OF one fellows leg"
The hunter was listening and rro-,-
isse himself that he would i've hts
wife e good sound Ecoidlng for the way
she had treated his faithful dog.
He returned home and greeted her:
GcoG 5rning. little mother" And
voice: ~
Good morning. little father
D31 me dog come home last ntght?"
And tfd yop feed him."
Pa yes gaze MIN plenty OF
Nov that is not true, you just
threw ar OLD crust at him and affair
ward you baat him because he v-nT,i5
rot touch IL"
The wife confessed everything and
began to ask her husband how he
Z cannos tell you. I have promised
not to tell"
All do tell me. saschlnka- I am
cFang 20 0 my little dove"
10. / never can tell you.
on. you must tell. love of my heart"
Sut X / tell you. / must die"
Oh. never mind, only tell me-
tHe h9h'er do not know what TO do,
oot as he did know that he would
-ets1 nave an hours peace II he did
ROT tell her. he said: NN
well then. give me at lsas. a ,,e.,
sh1Tt' mat / may prepare to die"
he put on the clean shirt and kras,
GOWN 70 pray before the ikon in the
corner OF the room, Just then the
ch1csFns came running past he omen
Wlnc9w. and he saw how the rooster
.naAl1ssq one hen after the other, all
Ine while talking TO them. II will
sho" you how TO behave. am ~
soch q fool as our master, who cannot
even manage wife. have thir+y
master" 'he
when the hunter heard this bs
3onnpe1 up and gave his wife ouch a
.as!ns out mat she never again tried
itfveneEs. ~