Complete Works Of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) - Plot & Excerpts
Night and the liquor was in their heads — They laughed and talked no bounds, Till they waked the keepers on their beds, And the keepers loosed the hounds. They had killed a hart, they had killed a hind, Ready to carry away, When they heard a whimper down the wind And they heard a bloodhound bay. They took and ran across the fern, Their crossbows in their hand, Till they met a man with a green lantern That called and bade ‘em stand. ‘What are you doing, O Flesh and Blood, And what’s your foolish will, That you must break into Minepit Wood And wake the Folk of the Hill?’ ‘Oh, we’ve broke into Lord Pelham’s park, And killed Lord Pelham’s deer, And if ever you heard a little dog bark You’ll know why we come here!’ ‘We ask you let us go our way, As fast as we can flee, For if ever you heard a bloodhound bay, You’ll know how pressed we be.’ ‘Oh, lay your crossbows on the bank And drop the knife from your hand, And though the hounds are at your flank I’ll save you where you stand!’ They laid their crossbows on the bank, They threw their knives in the wood, And the ground before them opened and sank And saved ‘em where they stood.
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