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I’m going to eat you up, Little Round Bun! Don’t do that, Fleet-Feet, let me sing you a song instead. All right, let’s hear it! Here it is! «I was scraped from the flour-box And swept from the bin And baked in the oven And cooled on the sill. I run away from Grandpa, I run away from Grandma, And I’ll run away from you, this minute I will!» And off it rolled and away! By and by it met a Wolf coming toward it. I’m going to eat you up, Little Round Bun! Don’t do that, Brother Wolf, let me sing you a song instead. All right, let’s hear it! Round Bun sings a song. And off it rolled and away! By and by it met a Bear coming toward it. I’m going to eat you up, Little Round Bun! Don’t do that, Brother Bear, I’ll sing you a song instead. All right, let’s hear it! Round Bun sings a song. And off it rolled and away! By and by it met a Fox coming toward it. I’m going to eat you up, Little Round Bun! Don’t do that, Sister Fox, I’ll sing you a song instead. All right, let’s hear it! Round Bun sings a song. Sing some more, please, don’t stop! Hop onto my tongue, so I can hear you better. Little Round Bun jumped onto the Fox’s tongue and began to sing: «I was scraped from the flour-box And swept from the bin— » But before it could go on, the Fox opened her mouth and — snap! — she gobbled it up. «Magic Fish-Bone» («Волшебная рыбья кость») 85
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