StoryTitle("caps", "The Lad and the North Wind") ?>
SubTitle("mixed", "Part 1 of 2") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Once there was a poor woman. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She had one son. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "One day he went to the safe for meal. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Along came the North Wind, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "puffing and blowing. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He caught up the meal, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and away he went. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The lad went to the safe for more meal. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The North Wind came again. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He carried the meal off with a puff. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And he carried the meal off a third time. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then the lad became angry. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I will go to the North Wind,\" he said. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I will ask him for my meal.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So off he went. ", "") ?>
PagePoem(109, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He walked and walked. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "At last he came to the North Wind's house. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Good-day, North Wind,\" said the lad. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Good-day,\" said the North Wind. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Thank you for coming to see me. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What do you want?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"You took our meal yesterday. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " Will you give it to me?\" said the lad. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"We shall starve without our meal.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I have no meal,\" said the North Wind. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"But I will give you this cloth. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You have only to say, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2SQ", "", " 'Cloth, cloth, spread yourself, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "and serve a good dinner.' ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And you have all you want.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Thank you, North Wind,\" said he. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " And he set off for home. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(110, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It was a long way. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So he stopped at an inn. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He sat down at a table. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He took up the cloth, and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"Cloth, cloth, spread yourself, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "and serve up a good dinner.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the cloth did as it was bid. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The landlord saw the dinner. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"That is a fine cloth,\" he said. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Soon the lad went to bed. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The landlord took the cloth, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he put another in its place. ", "") ?>
PagePoem(111, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Next morning the lad took the cloth ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and went home. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Mother,\" he said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"I have been to the North Wind. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "He is a good fellow. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "He gave me this cloth. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I have only to say, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4SQ", "", " 'Cloth, cloth, spread yourself, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "and serve up a good dinner.' ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " And I have all I want to eat.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"That may be true,\" said his mother. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"But let me see it. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then I shall believe it.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The lad drew out the table. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He laid the cloth and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"Cloth, cloth, spread yourself, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "and serve up a good dinner.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " But not a crumb did it serve. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>