More Russian Picture Tales

ONCE upon time, there was a Cock. He tried to swallow it, and choked himself. He choked himself and stretched himself out, and there he lay, and couldn't even breathe. * THE COCK AND THE BEAN. * THE GOAT AND THE RAM. * THE HUNGRY WOLF. * THE PEASANT AND THE BEAR. * THE DOG AND THE COCK. * KING FROST. * THE BEAR'S PAW. * THE BEAR AND THE OLD MAN'S DAUGHTERS. * THE STRAW OX. * THE FOX AND THE BLACKBIRD. And his mistress saw him, ran up to him, and asked: "Mr. Cock, what makes you lie there like that, so that you can't breathe?"