caves and kept him a prisoner there, so he was never
seen again. And the four greedy little foxes had to go to bed
without any supper.

But the Cock and the Mouse never grumbled again. They lit the fire,
filled the kettle, laid the breakfast, and did all the work, while
the good little Red Hen had a holiday, and sat resting in the big
arm-chair. No foxes ever troubled them again, and for all I know
they are still living happily in the little house with the green
door and green shutters, which stands on the hill.

* * * * *
* * * *

Errors and Anomalies (noted by transcriber):

The hyphen in "down-stairs" is conjectural, based on hyphenization of
other words in the book.

said the little Red Hen. And off she ran
[superfluous close quote after "Hen." deleted]
See, here I have my little
[no open quote in original at new paragraph]
and / A Little / Red / Hen
was off the shutters
crumbs upon the floor
FOUR BAD / LITTLE FOXES
said the / rude Cock
back of the biggest / arm-chair
[no final periods (full stops) in original]

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