Once upon a time, about sun set, a little shepherd lad was pasturing his sheep, near a wide brook. Of course the boy was in a great hurry to get home, where he knew a good supper was waiting for him. … Now the wide brook had only a narrow plank for a bridge, so that the sheep were obliged to cross over, in a line, one at a time. Now diildren, let us wait till the boy has driven all his sheep over the bridge, then I will finish my story. The Little Cock and the Little Hen.
Fairy tales
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