132 A Grasshopper’s Trip to the City.

son. As he came near he heard her say: ‘Oh, I
shall never, never see him again.” Then up he
went and gave her one big kiss on her cheek.
When she saw who it was, she cried again, but
this time it was from joy, and the Grasshopper
cried with her. Soon his papa, and all his brothers
and sisters came up, and he told them about his
travels. When he had finished, he said to his
mother: ‘I shall never go away from you again,
but always live here in this field.’ And they say
that he lived to a “green old age,” but then, to
be sure, he was very green, to begin with.