The Mountains In Labour |
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The Mountains In Labour
The Mountains In Labour
One day the Countrymen noticed that the Mountains were in labour; smoke
came out of their summits, the earth was quaking at their feet, trees were
crashing, and huge rocks were tumbling. They felt sure that something horrible
was going to happen. They all gathered together in one place to see what
terrible thing this could be. They waited and they waited, but nothing came.
At last there was a still more violent earthquake, and a huge gap appeared in
the side of the Mountains. They all fell down upon their knees and waited. At
last, and at last, a teeny, tiny mouse poked its little head and bristles out
of the gap and came running down towards them, and ever after they used to
say:
[See The Mouse And Mountain: The mouse saw the crowds and made a squeak of
terror.]
"Much Outcry, Little Outcome."
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