grey fairy tale book

Chapter 41 The Collie and the Sparrow
Once upon a time there was a shepherd dog whose owner treated him very cruelly, not only starving him, but also mistreating him in the most cruel way.In the end, the dog decided not to put up with the abuse.One day, it escaped from the house.As it was trotting along the road, it came across a sparrow.The sparrow stopped it and said, "Why do you look so sad, man?"

The dog replied, "Because I'm hungry and have nothing to eat, so I'm sad."

"In that case, dear fellow," said the sparrow, "come into town with me, and I'll get you something to eat in no time."

So they went into the city together, and when they came to a butcher shop, the sparrow said to the dog, "Stand still, and I will peck a piece of meat for you."

So the sparrow looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to it, and then it began to peck down a piece of meat on the side of the rack until it fell to the ground.The dog greedily picked up the meat, ran to a dark corner, and ate it after a while.

As soon as the dog had finished eating, the sparrow said, "Now, follow me to another shop, and I'll get you another piece of meat, so that you won't feel hungry anymore." The dog ate the second piece of meat. , Sparrow asked him: "Dude, have you had enough?"

"Enough," replied the Dog. "I have had enough meat, but I haven't eaten bread yet."

The sparrow said, "Bread, you can eat as much as you like, just follow me." Then the sparrow took the dog to a bakery, and pecked at the two loaves on the shelf for a long time, until the loaves fell to the ground. So far, the dog has dried up the bread again.

But the dog was still hungry, so the sparrow led him to another shop, and got him some bread.Then the sparrow asked, "Hey, buddy, are you satisfied?"

"Yes," replied the Dog, "now, let's go for a walk outside the town."

So the two of them went for a walk in the countryside.But it was very hot that day, and before he had gone too far, the dog said, "I'm so tired, I want to sleep."

"Then go to sleep," said the sparrow, "I'll watch for you on the branch."

The dog then lay down in the middle of the road, and soon fell asleep.Just then a coachman drove a three-horse carriage past there.There were two barrels of wine in the car.When the sparrow saw that the coachman was not trying to avoid the dog, but was driving straight into the middle of the road where the poor animal lay, he cried out, "Drive carefully, coachman, or I will make you look good."

But the coachman laughed at the sparrow's words, and with a "crack" of the whip, he ran over to the dog directly, and the heavy wheels ran over the dog to death.

Seeing this, the sparrow cried out, "You have killed my brother, and your cruelty will cost you your carriage and horse."

"Losing the carriage and horse? That's fine!" said the coachman. "I'd like to see how you snatch it from me!"

The sparrow said nothing, but crept under the carriage shed, and kept pecking at the rim of a cask until at last the cork came off.All the wine poured out without the driver noticing it.

After a while, he looked back and found that it was wet under the car.When he checked, he realized that one of the buckets was almost empty. "Oh! I'm unlucky!" he cried.

"You have worse luck," said the sparrow, and flew to the head of one of the horses, and pecked out both of its eyes.

Seeing what had happened, the coachman grabbed an ax and tried to chop the sparrow, but the bird flew into the air, and the coachman struck the horse's head, which then fell dead. "Oh! I'm unlucky!" he cried again.

"You have worse luck." Sparrow said.As the coachman drove on with the two-horse carriage, the sparrow crept under the carriage shed again, and kept pecking at the spout of the second cask until at last the cork was removed.All the wine is spilled on the road.

Seeing this tragic scene, the coachman shouted loudly again: "Oh! I am so unlucky!"

But the sparrow said, "You have worse luck." It flew to the head of the second horse, and pecked out both of its eyes.

The coachman jumped out of the carriage, grabbed the axe, and was about to kill the sparrow, but the bird flew into the air, and the coachman struck the horse on the head, and the horse fell down instantly.

"Your luck is not over yet," sang the sparrow, and it flew up to the head of the third horse, and pecked out both his eyes.
The coachman was now mad with anger, and flew the ax at the bird, but the bird avoided it this time, and the ax fell on the only remaining horse, which was killed.Again the coachman cried out: "Oh! I am so unlucky!"

"You have worse luck," said the sparrow, "for I intend to make your home miserable."

The coachman had to leave the carriage on the road and go home angrily.As soon as he saw his wife, he cried out, "Oh! what a misfortune I am! All my wine is spilled on the floor, and three horses are dead!"

"My dear husband," said the wife, "you have had bad luck for you, for a wicked little sparrow has gathered all the sparrows in the world together, and is eating in our barn."

The driver went out and ran straight to the barn where the corn was, only to find it exactly as his wife had said.Thousands of sparrows were pecking at the corn, and the little sparrow was sitting among them.Seeing the enemy, the coachman shouted loudly: "Oh! I am so unlucky!"

"It's not over yet," replied the sparrow, "you will take my word for it, and your cruel behavior will cost you your own life." With that, the sparrow flew into the air.

The coachman, very dismayed at losing all his grain, sat by the fire and plotted revenge on the sparrow, who sat on the windowsill and sang mockingly: "Yes, coachman, you have behaved cruelly, you must Die for it."

Just then the coachman took his ax and threw it at the sparrow, smashing the pane, but not hurting the bird in the slightest.The sparrow jumped in through the broken window, and alighted on the mantelpiece, crying, "Yes, coachman, you have behaved so cruelly that you will die for it."

The coachman was so mad with rage that he seized the ax and threw it at the sparrow, and broke his own furniture.But no matter what, the driver finally caught the bird with both hands.At this moment, his wife yelled, "Shall I break its neck?"

"That can't be done," replied the husband, "that would make it an easy death. Make it a worse death than that. I'll eat it alive." And he meant it.But the sparrow kept thrashing and struggling in his stomach until it finally crawled out of the coachman's mouth, then stuck its head out and said, "Yes, coachman, you have behaved so cruelly that you must die for it. "

The coachman handed the ax to his wife and said, "Wife, kill the bird in my mouth."

The woman struck down hard, but she missed the bird, and the ax fell right on the coachman's head.The coachman fell dead.After the bird escaped from his mouth, it flew into the sky.

(End of this chapter)