Atondido Stories
"Not another blessed thing will I ever feed you, you greedy
chick!" Grandfather shouted.
"Cockadoodledo!" Kuratko answered. "Then I'll just eat you!"
With that he made one peck at Grandfather and swallowed him
down, stool and all!
"Oh, Kuratko!" Grandmother cried. "Where's Grandpa?"
"Cockadoodledo!" Kuratko remarked. "I'm still hungry. I
think I'll eat you!"
And with that he made one peck at Grandmother and swal-
lowed her down, spinning-wheel and all!
Then that terrible chick went strutting down the road, crow-
ing merrily!
He met a washerwoman at work over her wash-tub.
"Good gracious, Kuratko!" the woman cried. "What a great
big crop you've got!"
"Cockadoodledo!" Kuratko said. "I should think my crop was
big for haven't I just eaten Grandmother, spinning-wheel and all,
and Grandfather, stool and all? But I'm still hungry, so now I'm
going to eat you!"
Before the poor woman knew what was happening, Kuratko
made one peck at her and swallowed her down, wash-tub and
all!
Then he strutted on down the road, crowing merrily.
Presently he came to a company of soldiers.
"Good gracious, Kuratko!" the soldiers cried. "What a great
big crop you've got!"
"Cockadoodledo!" Kuratko replied. "I should think my crop
was big, for haven't I just eaten a washerwoman, tub and all,
Grandmother, spinning-wheel and all, and Grandfather, stool
and all? But I'm still hungry, so now I'm going to eat you!"
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