--- title: The Pink Fairy Book, part 35 — The Pink Fairy Book · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Pink Fairy Book, part 35, «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Next morning they woke up quite refreshed, and made ready to start on another expedition; but as they did not feel happy about their grandmother t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/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 Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / The Pink Fairy Book, part 35 # The Pink Fairy Book, part 35 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/101/) — Then the little hare said to the other beasts, ‘Now, shut the gate of the Animal Kingdom.’ - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/102/) — And it was shut, and great stones were rolled against it. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/103/) — When everything was tight closed the little hare turned to Big Lion and said ‘Now!’ and Big Lion bounded out of the ditch and tore the other animals in pieces. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/104/) — But Big Lion kept all the choice bits for himself, and only gave away the little scraps that he did not care about eating; and the little hare grew very angry, and determined to have his revenge. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/105/) — He had long ago found out that Big Lion was very easily taken in; so he laid his plans accordingly. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/106/) — He said to him, as if the idea had just come into his head, ‘Grandfather, let us build a hut,’ and Big Lion consented. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/107/) — And when they had driven the stakes into the ground, and had made the walls of the hut, the little hare told Big Lion to climb upon the top while he stayed inside. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/108/) — When he was ready he called out, ‘Now, grandfather, begin,’ and Big Lion passed his rod through the reeds with which the roofs are always covered in that country. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/109/) — The little hare took it and cried, ‘Now it is my turn to pierce them,’ and as he spoke he passed the rod back through the reeds and gave Big Lion’s tail a sharp poke. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/110/) — ‘What is pricking me so?’ asked Big Lion. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/111/) — ‘Oh, just a little branch sticking out. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/112/) — I am going to break it,’ answered the little hare; but of course he had done it on purpose, as he wanted to fix Big Lion’s tail so firmly to the hut that he would not be able to move. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/113/) — In a little while he gave another prick, and Big Lion called again, ‘What is pricking me so?’ [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/) **2** - ← previous: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/)