Popular Tales from the Norse | Annotated Tale

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Cock and the Hen, The

(In this tale the notes of the Cock and Hen must be imitated.)

HEN--You promise me shoes year after year, year after year, and yet I get no shoes!

Cock--You shall have them, never fear! Henny penny!

Hen--I lay egg after egg, egg after egg, and yet I go about barefoot!

Cock--Well, take your eggs, and be off to the tryst, and buy yourself shoes, and don't go any longer barefoot!

Bibliographic Information

Tale Title: Cock and the Hen, The
Tale Author/Editor: Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen & Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen
Book Title: Popular Tales from the Norse
Book Author/Editor: Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen & Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen
Publisher: Edmonston and Douglas
Publication City: Edinburgh
Year of Publication: 1859
Country of Origin: Norway
Classification: unclassified








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