ire. e. So Reynard the Fox said, Ready-set And off they started. By-and-By went like the wind. 57 The hare ran swiftly across one field. Then he looked back, but he could not see the tortoise. "Oh, what fine clover! I shall stop and eat some," said By-and-By. "Then I shall take a nap, for I wish Slow-but-Sure to see me when I win the race." So he ate the clover, and then he fell asleep. He took a long nap. Slow-but-Sure did not stop to rest. She plodded on and on while By-and-By was sleeping. So she reached the oak tree first. When By-and-By awoke he looked up and down the fields. Then he ran to the tree, and there was the tortoise! "Ah!" said Reynard the Fox, Slow-but-Sure wins the race." OVER IN THE MEADOW Over in the meadow, In the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother toad And her little toadie one. "Wink!" said the mother; "I wink," said the one. So she winked and she blinked, In the sand, in the sun. Over in the meadow, Where the stream runs blue, Lived an old mother fish And her little fishes two. "Swim!" said the mother; "We swim," said the two. So they swam and they leaped, Where the stream runs blue. |