--- title: The Brown Fairy Book, part 9 — The Brown Fairy Book · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Brown Fairy Book, part 9, «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Never again did the swans become men; but they are still different from other swans, for in the night-time those who listen can hear them talk in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / The Brown Fairy Book, part 9 # The Brown Fairy Book, part 9 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/101/) — And Father Grumbler, nothing loth, drank one glass after another, till his head fell forward on the table, and once more he was sound asleep. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/102/) — Then the woman gently coaxed the cock from the basket and carried it off to her own poultry yard, from which she brought one exactly like it, and popped it in its place. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/103/) — Night was falling when the man awoke, and throwing proudly some grains of gold on the table to pay for the wine he had drunk, he tucked the cock comfortably into his basket and set out for home. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/104/) — His wife and all the children were waiting for him at the door, and as soon as she caught sight of him she broke out: - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/105/) — “You are a nice man to go wasting your time and your money drinking in that tavern, and leaving us to starve! - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/106/) — Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?” - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/107/) — “You don’t know what you are talking of,” he answered. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/108/) — “Money? - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/109/) — Why, I have gold and diamonds now, as much as I want. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/110/) — Do you see that cock? - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/111/) — Well, you have only to say to him, ‘Show me what you can do, cock,’ and something splendid will happen.” - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/112/) — Neither wife nor children were inclined to put much faith in him after their last experience; however, they thought it was worth trying, and did as he told them. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/113/) — The cock flew round the room like a mad thing, and crowed till their heads nearly split with the noise; but no gold or diamonds dropped on the brick floor—not the tiniest grain of either. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/114/) — Father Grumbler stared in silence for an instant, and then he began to swear so loudly that even his family, accustomed as they were to his language, wondered at him. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/115/) — At last he grew a little quieter, but remained as puzzled as ever. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/116/) — “Can I have forgotten the words? - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/117/) — But I KNOW that was what he said! - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/118/) — And I saw the diamonds with my own eyes!” - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/119/) — Then suddenly he seized the cock, shut it into the basket, and rushed out of the house. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/120/) — His heavy wooden shoes clattered as he ran along the road, and he made such haste that the stars were only just beginning to come out when he reached the cave of the Holy Man. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/121/) — “Who is that knocking?” asked a voice from within. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/122/) — “It is me! - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/123/) — It is me! - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/124/) — Holy Man! you know! - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/125/) — Father—” - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/126/) — “But, my good fellow, you really should give some one else a chance. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/127/) — This is the third time you have been—and at such an hour, too!” - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/128/) — “Oh, yes, Holy Man, I know it is very late, but you will forgive me! - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/129/) — It is your cock—there is something the matter. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/130/) — It is like the basket. - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/131/) — Look!” [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/) **2** - ← previous: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/) - next →: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/)