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84 MOONFOLK.
" Except with sheep," suggested the Chimney-Elf.
" "
"Where is the br jok you told about ?
" Just behind those trees, sir. Good bye ;
1 must be
going."
" Good bye you little goose," said the Chimney-Elf.
"Rhoda, pick up the carpet, and come with me to look
after this brook."
"Why do you want to see the brook, Chimney-
Elf?"
" Come along, and don't ask questions. There, I
told you so."
He had not told her anything, but Rhoda knew
better than to say so, and silently looked where the
Chimney-Elf pointed.
" You see that the brook comes out from under that
great rock, don't you And ? you see the foot-prints of
Then look along down here,
a wolf close to the spring.
ever so far below, and you see the hoof-prints of a sheep.
Now search this thicket, and see if
you don't find his
carcass."
Rhoda peeped into
the thicket, and started back in
horror, saying :
" Yes, and it hasn't any skin on. It looks dreadfully."
" Well, well, sheep will be sheep to the end of the
chapter, I suppose," said the Chimney-Elf mournfully.
" The way this wolf supports himself is
by coming to
the brook, and waiting beside the spring until he sees