StoryTitle("caps", "The Straw Ox") ?>
SubTitle("mixed", "Part 1 of 2") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(39, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A long time ago there was an old man", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and an old woman.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They were very poor.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The old man worked in the field.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the old woman spun flax.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "One day the old woman said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Daddy, make me a straw ox, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "and smear it with tar.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"What is the good of a straw ox?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "said the old man.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Please make me a straw ox,\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "said the old woman.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So the old man made the straw ox,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and he smeared it with tar.", "") ?>
PagePoem(40, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The next morning the old woman drove", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "the straw ox into the field.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She said, \"Graze away, little ox, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "while I spin my flax.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She spun her flax a long time.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then she fell asleep.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Soon a bear 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,\" said the bear,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"you are made of straw", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "and smeared with tar, are you?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Give me some straw and tar.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then I can mend my torn fur.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"You may take some,\" said the ox.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(41, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The bear 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, but could not let go.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then the ox dragged the bear home.", "") ?>
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 ran home.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And there stood the ox and the bear.", "") ?>
PagePoem(42, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She ran to the old man.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Look,\" she cried,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "\"the ox has brought us a bear.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The old man threw the bear into the cellar.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The next morning the old woman drove", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "the ox into the field again.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Graze away, little ox,\" she said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"while I spin my flax.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She spun her flax a long time.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then she fell asleep.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>