“May we go with you?”
“Yes, hide yourselves under my wings.”
The robbers settled themselves as comfortably as they could under the Half-cock’s wings.
A little farther on they overtook two foxes.
“Little Half-cock, where are you going?” they asked.
“To Mr. Brauncastle’s castle.”
“May we come with you?”
“Yes, hide yourselves under my wings.”
In less than a second the foxes had joined the robbers.
At length the Little Half-cock came to a large pond which was equally inquisitive.