CHILDREN'S TALES FOR GROWN-UPS.
I.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
It hadn't rained for forty days and forty nights.
"The reason it doesn't rain," said the guinea-fowl, "is that the barometer is very high."
But no one listened to her.
"The reason is," said the duck with the black wings, "that the pond is nearly empty. When the pond is empty it doesn't rain."
"It's the hen-house," said the black hen. "Whenever the roof drips there is rain."
"It is certainly the hen-house," said all the hens.
"It comes from the trees," said the turkey. "The leaves drip and then there is rain, and the more they drip the heavier it rains."