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| The Gunniwolf retold by Wilhelmina Harper |
There was once a little girl who lived with her mother very close to a dense woods. Each day the mother would caution Little Girl to be most careful and never enter the wood, because- if she did- the Gunniwolf might get her! Little Girl always promised that she would never, NEVER even go NEAR the woods.
One day the mother had to go away for a while. Her last words were to caution Little Girl that whatever else she did she must keep far away from the woods! And Little Girl was very sure she would not go anywhere NEAR it.
The mother was hardly out of sight, however, when Little Girl noticed some beautiful white flowers growing at the very edge of the woods. "Oh," she thought, "wouldn't I love to have some of those- I'll pick just a few."
Then, forgetting all about the warning, she began to gather the white flowers, all the while singing happily to herself:
Kum-Kwa, Khi-wa
Kum-kwa, Khi waAll of a sudden she noticed, a little further in the woods, some beautiful PINK flowers growing. "Oh," she thought, "I must surely gather some of those too!" On she tripped, farther into the woods, and began picking the pink flowers, all the while singing happily her song....
Kum-Kwa,
Khi-wKum-Kwa, Khi-wa
When she had her arms full of white and pink flowers, she peeped a little further, and way in the middle of the woods she saw some beautiful ORANGE flowers growing. "Oh," she thought, "I'll take just a few of those, and what a pretty bouquet I'll have to show my mother!"
So she gathered the orange flowers too, singing to herself all the while: (song)
When SUDDENLY- up rose the GUNNIWOLF!!!!!
He said, "Little Girl, why for you move?"
Tremblingly she answered, "I no move."
The Gunniwolf said, "Then you sing that guten sweeten song again!"
So she sang: (song)
and then- the old Gunniwolf nodded his head and fell fast asleep.
Away ran Little Girl as fast as ever she could:
Pit-pat pit-pat pit-pat pit-patThen the Gunniwolf woke up! Away he ran:
Hunker-cha hunker-cha hunker-cha----Until he caught up to her.
And he said, "Little Girl, why for you move?"
"I no move," she answered.
"Then you sing that guten, sweeten song again!"
Timidly she sang: (song)
Then the old Gunniwolf nodded, nodded, and went sound asleep.
Away ran Little Girl just as fast as ever she could:
pit-pat pit-patAnd again the Gunniwolf woke up! Away he ran:
hunker-cha hunker-cha
pit-pat pit-pat pit-pat
hunker-cha hunker-chauntil he caught up to her and said,
"Little Girl, why for you move?"
"I no move."
"then you sing that guten, sweeten song again!"
So she sang:(song)
Until the old Gunniwolf again nodded, nodded, and fell asleep.
Then AWAY ran Little Girl:
pit-pat...until she came almost to the edge of the jungle!
pit-pat...
until she got away OUT of the woods!
pit-pat pitty-pat
until she reached her very own door!
From that day to this, Little Girl has never,
NEVER gone into the woods again.The end!
