Shall we not seek our own pleasures , and forget the little one ? ' But he would not listen , and , making no reply , he took his bow and arrows and left the hut . The snows fell and melted , yet he never returned ; and at last the heart of the girl grew cold and hard , and her little boy became a burden in her eyes , till one day she spoke thus to him : ` See , there is food for many days to come . Stay here within the shelter of the hut . I go to seek our brother , and when I have found him I shall return hither . ' But when , after hard journeying , she reached the village where her brother dwelt , and saw that he had a wife and was happy , and when she , too , was sought by a young brave , then she also forgot the boy alone in the forest , and thought only of her husband . Now as soon as the little boy had eaten all the food which his sister had left him , he went out into the woods , and gathered berries and dug up roots , and while the sun shone he was contented and had his fill . But when the snows began and the wind howled , then his stomach felt empty and his limbs cold , and he hid in trees all the night , and only crept out to eat what the wolves had left behind . And by-and-by , having no other friends , he sought their company , and sat by while they devoured their prey , and they grew to know him , and gave him food . And without them he would have died in the snow . But at last the snows melted , and the ice upon the great lake , and as the wolves went down to the shore , the boy went after them . And it happened one day that his big brother was fishing in his canoe near the shore , and he heard the voice of a child singing in the Indian tone -- ` My brother , my brother ! I am becoming a wolf , I am becoming a wolf ! ' And when he had so sung he howled as wolves howl . Then the heart of the elder sunk , and he hastened towards him , crying , ` Brother , little brother , come to me ; ' but he , being half a wolf , only continued his song . And the louder the elder called him , ` Brother , little brother , come to me , ' the swifter he fled after his brothers the wolves , and the heavier grew his skin , till , with a long howl , he vanished into the depths of the forest . So , with shame and anguish in his soul , the elder brother went back to his village , and , with his sister , mourned the little boy and the broken promise till the end of his life . THE GLASS AXE -LRB- 19 -RRB- -LRB- 19 -RRB- From the Hungarian . Kletke . There was once upon a time a King and Queen who had everything they could possibly wish for in this world except a child .
At last , after twelve years , the Queen gave birth XXXXX a son ; but she did not live long to enjoy her happiness , for on the following day she died .
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