Download or read book The Folk-Lore Journal, 1888, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) written by Folklore Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Folk-Lore Journal, 1888, Vol. 6 An owl had put by for next day the remains of something dainty which he had to eat. But a rat stole it, whereupon the owl Was very angry, and went off to the rat's house, and threatened to kill him. But the rat apologised, saying I will give you this gimlet and tell you how you can obtain from it pleasure far greater than the pleasure of eating the food which I was so rude as to eat up. Look herel you must stick the gimlet with the sharp point upwards in the ground at the foot of this tree then go to the top of the tree yourself, and slide down the trunk. Then the rat went away, and the owl did as the rat had instructed him. But, sliding down on to the sharp gimlet, he impaled himself on it, and suffered great pain, and, in his grief and rage, went off to kill the rat. But again the rat met him with apologies, and, as a peace-offering, gave him a cap for his head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.