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11. HOW THEY WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO EAT NUTS 'The nuts are quite ripe now,' said Chanticleer to his wife Partlet,
2'suppose we go together to the mountains, and eat as many as we can, before the squirrel takes them all away.' 'With all
3my heart,' said Partlet, 'let us go and make a holiday of it together.' So they went to the mountains; and as it was a
4lovely day, they stayed there till the evening. Now, whether it was that they had eaten so many nuts that they could not
5walk, or whether they were lazy and would not, I do not know: however, they took it into their heads that it did not
6become them to go home on foot. So Chanticleer began to build a little carriage of nutshells: and when it was finished,
7Partlet jumped into it and sat down, and bid Chanticleer harness himself to it and draw her home. 'That's a good joke!'
8said Chanticleer; 'no, that will never do; I had rather by half walk home; I'll sit on the box and be coachman, if you
9like, but I'll not draw.' While this was passing, a duck came quacking up and cried out, 'You thieving vagabonds, what
10business have you in my grounds? I'll give it you well for your insolence!' and upon that she fell upon Chanticleer most
11lustily. But Chanticleer was no coward, and returned the duck's blows with his sharp spurs so fiercely that she soon
12began to cry out for mercy; which was only granted her upon condition that she would draw the carriage home for them.
13This she agreed to do; and Chanticleer got upon the box, and drove, crying, 'Now, duck, get on as fast as you can.' And
14away they went at a pretty good pace. After they had travelled along a little way, they met a needle and a pin walking
15together along the road: and the needle cried out, 'Stop, stop!' and said it was so dark that they could hardly find
16their way, and such dirty walking they could not get on at all: he told them that he and his friend, the pin, had been
17at a public-house a few miles off, and had sat drinking till they had forgotten how late it was; he begged therefore
18that the travellers would be so kind as to give them a lift in their carriage. Chanticleer observing that they were but
19thin fellows, and not likely to take up much room, told them they might ride, but made them promise not to dirty the
20wheels of the carriage in getting in, nor to tread on Partlet's toes. Late at night they arrived at an inn; and as it
21was bad travelling in the dark, and the duck seemed much tired, and waddled about a good deal from one side to the
22other, they made up their minds to fix their quarters there: but the landlord at first was unwilling, and said his house
23was full, thinking they might not be very respectable company: however, they spoke civilly to him, and gave him the egg
24which Partlet had laid by the way, and said they would give him the duck, who was in the habit of laying one every day:
25so at last he let them come in, and they bespoke a handsome supper, and spent the evening very jollily. Early in the
26morning, before it was quite light, and when nobody was stirring in the inn, Chanticleer awakened his wife, and,
27fetching the egg, they pecked a hole in it, ate it up, and threw the shells into the fireplace: they then went to the
28pin and needle, who were fast asleep, and seizing them by the heads, stuck one into the landlord's easy chair and the
29other into his handkerchief; and, having done this, they crept away as softly as possible. However, the duck, who slept
30in the open air in the yard, heard them coming, and jumping into the brook which ran close by the inn, soon swam out of
31their reach. An hour or two afterwards the landlord got up, and took his handkerchief to wipe his face, but the pin ran
32into him and pricked him: then he walked into the kitchen to light his pipe at the fire, but when he stirred it up the
33eggshells flew into his eyes, and almost blinded him. 'Bless me!' said he, 'all the world seems to have a design against
34my head this morning': and so saying, he threw himself sulkily into his easy chair; but, oh dear! the needle ran into
35him; and this time the pain was not in his head. He now flew into a very great passion, and, suspecting the company who
36had come in the night before, he went to look after them, but they were all off; so he swore that he never again would
37take in such a troop of vagabonds, who ate a great deal, paid no reckoning, and gave him nothing for his trouble but
38their apish tricks. 2. HOW CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET WENT TO VISIT MR KORBES Another day, Chanticleer and Partlet wished
39to ride out together; so Chanticleer built a handsome carriage with four red wheels, and harnessed six mice to it; and
40then he and Partlet got into the carriage, and away they drove. Soon afterwards a cat met them, and said, 'Where are you
41going?' And Chanticleer replied, 'All on our way A visit to pay To Mr Korbes, the fox, today.' Then the cat said, 'Take
42me with you,' Chanticleer said, 'With all my heart: get up behind, and be sure you do not fall off.' 'Take care of this
43handsome coach of mine, Nor dirty my pretty red wheels so fine! Now, mice, be ready, And, wheels, run steady! For we are
44going a visit to pay To Mr Korbes, the fox, today.' Soon after came up a millstone, an egg, a duck, and a pin; and
45Chanticleer gave them all leave to get into the carriage and go with them. When they arrived at Mr Korbes's house, he
46was not at home; so the mice drew the carriage into the coach-house, Chanticleer and Partlet flew upon a beam, the cat
47sat down in the fireplace, the duck got into the washing cistern, the pin stuck himself into the bed pillow, the
48millstone laid himself over the house door, and the egg rolled himself up in the towel. When Mr Korbes came home, he
49went to the fireplace to make a fire; but the cat threw all the ashes in his eyes: so he ran to the kitchen to wash
50himself; but there the duck splashed all the water in his face; and when he tried to wipe himself, the egg broke to
51pieces in the towel all over his face and eyes. Then he was very angry, and went without his supper to bed; but when he
52laid his head on the pillow, the pin ran into his cheek: at this he became quite furious, and, jumping up, would have
53run out of the house; but when he came to the door, the millstone fell down on his head, and killed him on the spot. 3.
54HOW PARTLET DIED AND WAS BURIED, AND HOW CHANTICLEER DIED OF GRIEF
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