“Now we must wait for the rain,” he said, “and see how things go.”
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And the rainy season came and things went as Two-Legs had hoped.
TWO-LEGS HAD MADE A GOOD CHOICE
Little green shoots sprouted all over the ploughed field, all alike, all grass of the kind which the animals loved. Here and there, it is true, a thistle appeared and a poppy; but most of it was good grass.
“Look!” said Two-Legs, gladly. “Now we only want the sunshine and then it will grow.”
The sun came and the whole field was a lovely green carpet which grew so that one could see it grow from day to day.
One morning, the stag came to the edge of the forest and beheld all this with amazement. Then he shouted into the forest to his family: