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Ianto, Philip, and I at last settled quietly to watch for the badger's visit to the clearing.
"Where's the rest of the folks?" she asked. "Georgie and Mr. Cahoon your brother, I mean have gone up to the village with the other one, the Cobb man." "What have they gone to the village for?" "To help Mr. Cobb get his horse and team at Chris Badger's. He's gone, you know." "Who's gone?" "Why, the Cobb one. He's gone home again. I tried to get him to stay for dinner; so did Miss Emily.
Burton revelled in Badger's discomfiture; but a little later the two men were on good terms again; and when Badger died he was, of course, Burton's "late lamented friend." Another of Burton's aversions was "any old woman made up to look very young." "Good gracious," he said, one day to a painted lady of that category. "You haven't changed since I saw you forty years ago.
'Me and little Billy here, we was trying to find our way to school mother WOULD have us go, was the weather ever so and of course we lost ourselves, sir, and Billy he got frightened and took and cried, being young and faint-hearted. And at last we happened up against Mr. Badger's back door, and made so bold as to knock, sir, for Mr. Badger he's a kind-hearted gentleman, as everyone knows
When they had gone a little way the rabbit took out a flint and steel, and, striking it over the badger's back as he stepped along in front, set his bundle of grass on fire. The badger heard the flint striking, and asked: "What is that noise. 'Crack, crack'?" "Oh, that is nothing." replied the rabbit; "I only said 'Crack, crack' because this mountain is called Crackling Mountain."
As this subject was often renewed between them, the priest at last, touched by the goodness of the badger's heart, said: "Since I have shaven my head, renounced the world, and forsaken the pleasures of this life, I have no desire to gratify, yet I own I should like to possess three riyos in gold. Food and raiment I receive by the favour of the villagers, so I take no heed for those things.
At this moment the group of men who had made off to the left some time before began leaping one by one from the hedge opposite Lizzy's house, and the first man, who had no tubs upon his shoulders, came forward. 'Mrs. Newberry, isn't it? he said hastily. 'Yes, Jim, said she. 'What's the matter? 'I find that we can't put any in Badger's Clump to-night, Lizzy, said Owlett. 'The place is watched.
The fire soon spread in the bundle of dry grass on the badger's back. The badger, hearing the crackle of the burning grass, asked, "What is that?" "Now we have come to the 'Burning Mountain," answered the rabbit. By this time the bundle was nearly burned out and all the hair had been burned off the badger's back. He now knew what had happened by the smell of the smoke of the burning grass.
In accordance with the kindly Badger's injunctions, the two tired animals came down to breakfast very late next morning, and found a bright fire burning in the kitchen, and two young hedgehogs sitting on a bench at the table, eating oatmeal porridge out of wooden bowls. The hedgehogs dropped their spoons, rose to their feet, and ducked their heads respectfully as the two entered.
Chris Badger's got jobs enough, accordin' to his sign. He won't starve if he don't collect rents for me any more." The hotel dinner was neither bountiful nor particularly well cooked. The Holts joined them at table and Winnie S. talked a good deal. He expressed much joy at the recovery of his lantern.
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