THE SPARROW AND THE BUSH. 125

wolf, wolf won't eat goat, goat won’t nibble bush,
bush won’t give little sparrow a swing.’—‘‘I
won't!” said the pole-axe.——So the sparrow went
to the worms and said: ‘‘ Worms, worms, gnaw
pole-axe, pole-axe won’t strike ox, ox won't drink
water, water won’t quench fire, fire won’t burn
Tartars, Tartars won’t slay people, people won't kill
wolf, wolf won't eat goat, goat won’t nibble bush,
bush won’t give little sparrow a swing.” —“ We
won't!” said the worms.—Then the sparrow went
to the hen and said: “Hen, hen, peck worms,
worms won’t gnaw pole-axe, pole-axe won't strike ox,
ox won't drink water, water won’t quench fire, fire
won't burn Tartars, Tartars won’t slay people, people
won't kill wolf, wolf won’t eat goat, goat won’t nibble
bush, bush won’t give little sparrow a swing.”—
“T won't!” said the hen, “but go to the sparrow-
hawk, he ought to give the first push, or why is
he: called the Pusher!!”—So the sparrow went to
the sparrow-hawk and said: “Come, pusher, seize
hen, hen won’t peck worms, worms won't gnaw pole-
axe, pole-axe won't strike ox, ox won't drink water,
water won’t quench fire, fire won't burn Tartars,
Tartars won’t slay people, people won’t kill wolf, wolf
won't eat goat, goat won't nibble bush, bush won't
give little sparrow a swing.”

1 Shulyak means both sparrow-hawk and push.