20 Fairy Tales

“with the beggar woman, and she called thee
Krawk.”

‘“‘ How clever we are!” chuckled the raven ;
“JT know thee, too, for all the boys were
crying, ‘Jacob, Jacob, what dost see in the
clouds ?’”

“JT don’t care,” said the boy sturdily. “I
am going now to find out where they come
from.”

“That is a long way off; and thou art
small to talk so big. However, I have half
a mind to go with thee.”

“With all my heart,” Jacob answered.
“Two are better than one, and when thou
art tired thou mayest ride on my shoulder.”

This set the bird laughing and cough-
ing so, that Jacob was rather affronted.
However, he swallowed the offence, and
reflected that, before they reached their
journey’s end, Krawk would find out which
was the better man of the two. All went
smoothly at first. As dusk came on, the
raven, flying high, could see over the
land, and tell Jacob where was a likely