'Yes,' he replied 'and now let us go for a little walk outside the town.' Then she asked him: 'Well, brother, are you satisfied?' The sparrow said: 'You shall have as much bread as you like, only come with me.' Then she led him to a baker's shop, and pecked so long at two rolls on a shelf that at last they fell down, and the dog ate them up.īut still his hunger was not appeased so the sparrow took him to another baker's shop, and got some more rolls for him. 'Yes,' replied the dog, 'I've had quite enough meat, but I haven't had any bread yet.'
When he had finished it, the sparrow said: 'Now come with me to another shop, and I will get you a second piece, so that your hunger may be satisfied.' When the dog had finished the second piece of meat, the sparrow asked him: 'Brother, have you had enough now?' The dog seized it ravenously, and ran with it to a dark corner where he gobbled it up in a very few minutes. So they went together to the town, and when they came to a butcher's shop, the sparrow said to the dog: 'You stand still and I'll peck down a piece of meat for you.'įirst she looked all round to see that no one was watching her, and then she set to work to peck at a piece of meat that lay on the edge of a shelf, till at last it fell down. 'If that's all, dear brother,' said the sparrow, 'come to the town with me, and I'll soon get food for you.' The dog answered: 'I am sad because I am hungry, and have nothing to eat.' As he was trotting along the road he met a sparrow, who stopped him and said: 'Brother, why do you look so sad?' At last the dog determined to stand this ill-usage no longer, and, one day, he ran away from home.
There was once upon a time a sheep-dog whose master was so unkind that he starved the poor beast, and ill- treated him in the cruellest manner. Today’s story is THE DOG AND THE SPARROW from Andrew Lang’s Grey Fairy Book. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library. This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Grey Fairy Book.
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