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By Fedor Flinzer Freely translated by J H Ewing	A
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Dear children listen whilst I tell	B
What to a certain Elf befell	B
Who left his house and sallied forth	C
Adventure seeking south and north	C
And west and east by path and field	D
Resolved to conquer or to yield	D
A thimble on his back he carried	E
With a rose twig his foes he parried	E
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It was a sunny bright spring day	F
When to the wood he took his way	F
He knew that in a certain spot	G
A Bumble Bee his nest had got	G
The Bee was out the chance was good	H
But just when grabbing all he could	H
He heard the Bee behind him humming	A
And only wished he'd heard him coming	A
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In terror turned the tiny man	I
And now a famous fight began	I
The Bee flew round and buzzed and stung	J
The Elf his prickly rose staff swung	J
Now fiercely here now wildly there	K
He hit the Bee or fought the air	K
At last one weighty blow descended	L
The Bee was dead the fight was ended	L
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IV	M
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Exhausted quite he took a seat	N
The honey tasted doubly sweet	N
The thimble full had been upset	O
But still there were a few drops yet	O
He licked his lips and blessed himself	M
That he was such a lucky Elf	M
And now might hope to live in clover	P
But ah his troubles were not over	P
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V	M
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For at that instant by his side	Q
A beast of fearful form he spied	Q
At first he thought it was a bear	K
And headlong fell in dire despair	K
He lost one slipper in the moss	R
And this was not his only loss	R
With paws and snout the beast was nimble	S
And very soon cleared out the thimble	S
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VI	M
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This rifling of his honey pot	G
Awoke our Elfin's wrath full hot	G
He made a rope of linden bast	T
By either end he held it fast	T
And creeping up behind the beast	U
Intent upon the honey feast	U
Before it had the slightest inkling	A
The rope was round it in a twinkling	A
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VII	M
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The mouse shrieked Murder Fire and Thieves	V
And struggled through the twigs and leaves	V
It pulled the reins with all its might	W
Our hero only drew them tight	W
Upon the mouse's back he leapt	X
And like a man his seat he kept	X
His steed was terribly affrighted	X
But he himself was much delighted	X
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VIII	M
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Gee up my little horse he cried	X
I mean to have a glorious ride	X
So bear me forth with lightning speed	X
A Knight resolved on doughty deed	X
The wide world we will gallop round	X
And clear the hedges at one bound	X
The mouse set off the hero bantered	X
And out into the world they cantered	X
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At last they rode up to an inn	Y
Good Mr Host pray who's within	Y
My daughter serves the customers	V
Before the fire the Tom cat purrs	V
For further news they did not wait	X
The mouse sprang through the garden gate	X
They fled without a look behind them	Z
The question is Did Thomas find them	Z

Juliana Horatia Ewing

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