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n his stomach. After that shouldn't you suppose he would do what she told him? But he didn't. As soon as he was well he was just as careless and disobedient as before. One day he went out to the meadow and he just ran and ran and ran until he got all overheated and perspired. Then he went down to the brook and began drinking cold water. "Oh, my dear," the little Hen cried, "you mustn't drink cold water while you're overheated! Wait and cool off!" But would the Rooster wait and cool off? No! He just drank that cold water and drank it until he could drink no more. Then he got a chill and the poor little Hen had to drag him home and put him to bed and run for the Doctor. The Doctor gave him bitter medicine and he didn't get well for a long time. In fact it was winter before he got out of the house again. Now shouldn't you suppose that after all this the Rooster would never again disobey the little Hen? If only he had he would be alive to this day. Listen, now, to what happened: One morning when he got up, he saw that ice was beginning to form on the river. "Goody! Goody!" he cried. "Now I can go sliding on the ice!" "Oh, my dear," the little Hen said, "you mustn't go sliding on the ice yet! It's dangerous! Wait a few days until it's frozen harder and then go sliding." But would the Rooster listen to the little Hen? No! He just insisted on running out that very moment and sliding on the thin ice. And do you know what happened? The ice broke and he fell in the river and, before the little Hen could get help, he was drowned! And it was all his own fault, too, for the little Hen had begged him to wait until the ice was safer. THE NICKERMAN'S WIFE THE STORY OF LIDUSHKA AND THE IMPRISONED DOVES [Illustration] THE NICKERMAN'S WIFE There was once a young housewife named Lidushka. One day while she was washing clothes in the river a great frog, all bloated and ugly, swam up to her. Lidushka jumped back in fright. The frog spread itself out on the water, just where Lidushka had been rinsing her clothes, and sat there working its jaws as if it wanted to say something. "Shoo!" Lidushka cried, but the frog stayed where it was and kept on working its jaws. "You ugly old bloated thing! What do you want and why do you sit there gaping at me?" Lidushka struck at the frog with a piece of linen to drive it off so that she could go on with her work. The frog dived, came up at
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