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- 0:00Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen off Manx Fairy Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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- 0:14Speaker 1: by Jillian Henry. Manx Fairy Tales by Sophia Morrison. Chapter
- 0:20Speaker 1: eighteen Smerriye. The speckled hen and the little chicken were
- 0:25Speaker 1: scratching under an apple tree in the garden, and an
- 0:28Speaker 1: apple fell off the tree, and it hit the little
- 0:31Speaker 1: chicken on the head, and says he to the speckled hen,
- 0:35Speaker 1: let us go to Rome, for the world has fallen?
- 0:39Speaker 1: Who said that to you, little chicken? Said the speckled hen.
- 0:43Speaker 1: It fell on my head, smarri Ee. Then the speckled
- 0:47Speaker 1: hen and the little chicken went their ways until they
- 0:50Speaker 1: met the cock. Where are you going, speckled hen? Said
- 0:54Speaker 1: the cock? Going to Rome? For the world has fallen,
- 0:57Speaker 1: said the speckled hen. Who said that to you, spickled hen?
- 1:01Speaker 1: The little chicken said it to me? Who said that
- 1:04Speaker 1: to you, little chicken? It fell on my head? Smeerri Ee.
- 1:09Speaker 1: So they went their ways together until they met a gander.
- 1:13Speaker 1: Where are you going, cock? Said the gander going to Rome,
- 1:17Speaker 1: for the world has fallen? Who said that to you? Cock?
- 1:21Speaker 1: Said the gander. The speckled hen said it to me,
- 1:24Speaker 1: who said that to you, speckled hen. The little chicken
- 1:27Speaker 1: said it to me, who said that to you little chicken?
- 1:32Speaker 1: It fell on my head? Smeririe. So they went all
- 1:36Speaker 1: together until they met a bull. Where are you going, gander,
- 1:40Speaker 1: said the bull? Going to Rome, for the world has fallen?
- 1:44Speaker 1: Who said that to you? Gander? The cock said it
- 1:47Speaker 1: to me who said that to you cock? The speckled
- 1:51Speaker 1: hen said it to me who said that to you,
- 1:54Speaker 1: speckled hen? The little chicken said it to me who
- 1:58Speaker 1: said that to you little chicken? It fell on my head? Smeherrie.
- 2:03Speaker 1: So they went all together until they met a goat.
- 2:06Speaker 1: Where are you going? Bull? Said the goat? Going to Rome?
- 2:10Speaker 1: For the world has fallen? Said the bull? Who said
- 2:13Speaker 1: that to you? Bull, said the goat. The gander said
- 2:16Speaker 1: it to me, who said that to you gander? The
- 2:20Speaker 1: cock said it to me who said that to you cock?
- 2:24Speaker 1: The speckled hen said it to me, who said that
- 2:27Speaker 1: to you speckled hen? The little chicken said it to me,
- 2:32Speaker 1: who said that to you little chicken. It fell on
- 2:35Speaker 1: my head, Smeririe. So they all went together until they
- 2:39Speaker 1: met a horse. Where are you going, goat? Said the
- 2:43Speaker 1: horse going to Rome, for the world has fallen? Who
- 2:47Speaker 1: said that to you? Goat? The bull said it to me?
- 2:52Speaker 1: Who said that to you bull? The gander said it
- 2:55Speaker 1: to me, who said that to you? Gander? The cock
- 3:00Speaker 1: said it to me, who said that to you? Cock?
- 3:03Speaker 1: The speckled ten said it to me, who said that
- 3:07Speaker 1: to you speckled ten? The little chicken said it to me,
- 3:12Speaker 1: who said that to you little chicken? It fell on
- 3:15Speaker 1: my head? Smarriye. So they all went traveling together until
- 3:20Speaker 1: they came to the house of the giant. They went
- 3:23Speaker 1: in the house, and the giant was from home. So
- 3:26Speaker 1: the horse went under the big table, and the bull
- 3:29Speaker 1: went under the dresser, and the goat went on the stairs,
- 3:34Speaker 1: and all the rest in the corners. When the giant
- 3:38Speaker 1: came home, they all went at him at once, and
- 3:40Speaker 1: there was heavy war between them. Cock hark, if I
- 3:44Speaker 1: come down to you, said the cock. He came down
- 3:48Speaker 1: at last and picked the giant's eyes out, and they
- 3:52Speaker 1: killed him. And they all lived in his house together.
- 3:55Speaker 1: And if they are not dead, they are living there
- 3:57Speaker 1: yet end of Chapter eighteen,