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Author : Leo Tolstoy
Translator : Nathan Haskell Dole
Text :
Once upon a time a peasant went to steal some cu- cumbers of a gardener. He crept down among the cucumbers, and said to himself :
" Let me just get away with a bag of cucumbers ; then I will sell them. With the money I will buy me a hen. The hen will lay some eggs, and will hatch them out, and I shall have a lot of chickens. I will feed up the chickens, and sell them, and buy a shoat a nice little pig. In time she will farrow, and I shall have a litter of pigs. I will sell the little pigs and buy a mare ; the mare will foal, and I shall have a colt. I will raise the colt and sell it ; then I will buy a house and start a garden ; I will have a garden and raise cucumbers ; but [ won't let them be stolen, I will keep a strict watch. I will hire watchmen, and will station them among the cucumbers, and often I, myself, will come unexpectedly among them, and I will shout, ' Halloo, there! keep a closer watch.' "
As these words came into his head he shouted them at the top of his voice. The guards heard him, ran out, and belabored him with their sticks.
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Chronology :
November 30, 1887 : Chapter 4 -- Publication.
July 01, 2021 : Chapter 4 -- Added.
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