Just raise one corner so that I may peep . We are quite alone : nobody will ever know . ' The man hesitated : it did seem a ` little thing , ' and if it was to make his wife contented and happy it was well worth the risk . So he took hold of the handle of the cover and raised it very slowly and carefully , while the woman stooped down to peep . Suddenly she startled back with a scream , for a small mouse had sprung from the inside of the tureen , and had nearly hit her in the eye . Round and round the room it ran , round and round they both ran after it , knocking down chairs and vases in their efforts to catch the mouse and put it back in the tureen . In the middle of all the noise the door opened , and the mouse ran out between the feet of the king . In one instant both the man and his wife were hiding under the table , and to all appearance the room was empty . ` You may as well come out , ' said the king , ` and hear what I have to say . ' ' I know what it is , ' answered the charcoal-burner , hanging his head . The mouse has escaped . ' ' A guard of soldiers will take you back to your hut , ' said the king . ` Your wife has the key . ' ` Were n't they silly ? ' cried the grandchildren of the charcoal-burners when they heard the story . ` How we wish that we had had the chance ! WE should never have wanted to know what was in the soup-tureen ! ' From ` Litterature Orale de l'Auvergne , ' par Paul Sebillot . How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves A little back from the high road there stands a house which is called ` Hemgard . ' Perhaps you remember the two beautiful mountain ash trees by the reddish-brown palings , and the high gate , and the garden with the beautiful barberry bushes which are always the first to become grown in spring , and which in summer are weighed down with their beautiful berries .
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