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Title: More Russian Picture Tales

Author: Valery Carrick

Translator: Nevill Forbes

Release Date: November 12, 2007 [EBook #23462]

Language: English

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MORE RUSSIAN PICTURE TALES

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MORE RUSSIAN

PICTURE TALES

BY

VALERY CARRICK

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TRANSLATED
BY
NEVILL FORBES

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1914, 1920, by_
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

_All Rights Reserved_

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS.

PAGE

1. The Cock and the Bean 1

2. The Goat and the Ram 11

3. The Hungry Wolf 25

4. The Peasant and the Bear 39

5. The Dog and the Cock 45

6. King Frost 53

7. The Bear's Paw 67

8. The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters 73

9. The Straw Ox 87

10. The Fox and the Blackbird 103

THE COCK AND THE BEAN.

A cock was scratching one day in the earth under the wall of a cottage
when he found a bean.

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He tried to swallow it, and choked himself. He choked himself and
stretched himself out, and there he lay, and couldn't even breathe.

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And his mistress saw him, ran up to him, and asked: "Mr. Cock, what
makes you l