The Hart in the Ox-Stall
The
Hart in the Ox-Stall
A Hart hotly pursued by
the hounds fled for refuge into an ox-stall, and buried itself in a truss of
hay, leaving nothing to be seen but the tips of his horns. Soon after the Hunters
came up and asked if anyone had seen the Hart. The stable boys, who had been
resting after their dinner, looked around, but could see nothing, and the
Hunters went away. Shortly afterward the master came in, and looking round,
saw that something unusual had taken place. He pointed to the truss of hay and
said, “What are those two curious things sticking out of the hay?” And when the
stable boys came to look they discovered the Hart, and soon made an end of him.
He thus learned that nothing escapes the master’s eye.
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