Chapter 4 : 
The Peasant and the Cucumbers
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Author : Leo Tolstoy

Translator : Nathan Haskell Dole

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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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     Chapter 4 -- Publication : November 30, 1887

     Chapter 4 -- Added : July 01, 2021

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