StoryTitle("caps", "The Straw Ox") ?>
SubTitle("mixed", "Part 2 of 2") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Soon a wolf came out of the woods.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He ran at the ox and said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Who are you? Speak and tell me.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am an ox, I am.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I am made of straw ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and smeared with tar, I am.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Oh, you are made of straw", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and smeared with tar, are you?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "said the wolf.", "") ?>
PagePoem(43, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Give me some of your tar.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then I can smear my coat,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and the dogs can not tear me.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"You may take some,\" said the ox.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The wolf ran at the ox.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He began to tear away the tar,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he stuck fast.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He pulled and pulled,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "but he could not get away.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then the ox brought the wolf home.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
DisplayImage("text", "treadwell_first_zpage043", "
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PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(44, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The old woman awoke.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Where is my ox?\" she cried.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I will go home to see.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So she got up and went home,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There stood the ox and the wolf.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She ran to the old man.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Look,\" she cried,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "\"the ox has brought us a wolf.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The old man came out", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and threw the wolf into the cellar.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The next morning the old woman caught", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "a fox in the same way.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the next morning she caught a hare.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The old man put them into the cellar.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then he sat down by the cellar door", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and began to sharpen his knife.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The bear said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Daddy, why do you sharpen your knife?\"", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am going to take your skin off.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I want a warm jacket for winter,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and the old woman wants a coat.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Do not take away my skin, Daddy.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let me go and I will bring you some honey.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"See that you do,\" said the old man.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And he let the bear go.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then he sat down again,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he began to sharpen his knife.", "") ?>
PagePoem(46, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Why do you sharpen your knife, Daddy?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "said the wolf.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am going to take your skin off.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I want a fur cap for winter.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Do not take away my skin, Daddy.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let me go, and I will bring you", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "a flock of sheep.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"See that you do,\" said the old man,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he let the wolf go.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then he sat down again", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and began to sharpen his knife.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Why do you sharpen your knife, Daddy?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "said the fox.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am going to take your skin off.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I want a fur collar for winter.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Do not take away my skin, Daddy.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let me go and I will bring you", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "a flock of geese.\"", "") ?>
PagePoem(47, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"See that you do,\" said the old man,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he let the fox go.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then the old man began to sharpen", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "his knife again.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The little hare said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Daddy, why do you sharpen your knife?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am going to take your skin off. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Little hares have warm fur.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I want some mittens for winter.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Do not take away my skin, Daddy.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let me go, and I will bring you ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "some turnips.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"See that you do,\" said the old man, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he let the hare go.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The next morning the old woman said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Some one is at the door.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Let us go to see who it is.\"", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(48, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They went to the door.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There stood the bear with the honey.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There stood the wolf with the sheep.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There stood the fox with the geese.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And there stood the hare with the turnips.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Now the old man and the old woman", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "have all they need.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the straw ox stands in the sun.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", "— Russian Folk Tale.") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>