what an unlucky fellow I am ! ' he exclaimed again . -LSB- Illustration : The Dog & the Sparrow How the Carter killed his horse . -RSB- ` You 'll have worse luck yet , ' said the sparrow ; and when the carter drove on with his two horses she crept under the covering again , and pecked away at the cork of the second barrel till she got it away , and all the wine poured out on to the road . When the carter perceived this fresh disaster he called out once more : ` Oh ! what an unlucky fellow I am ! ' But the sparrow answered : ` Your bad luck is not over yet , ' and flying on to the head of the second horse she pecked out its eyes . The carter jumped out of the waggon and seized his axe , with which he meant to kill the sparrow ; but the little bird flew high into the air , and the blow fell on the poor blind horse instead , and killed it on the spot . Then the carter exclaimed : ` Oh ! what an unlucky fellow I am ! ' ` You 've not got to the end of your bad luck yet , ' sang the sparrow ; and , perching on the head of the third horse , she pecked out its eyes . The carter , blind with rage , let his axe fly at the bird ; but once more she escaped the blow , which fell on the only remaining horse , and killed it . And again the carter called out : ` Oh ! what an unlucky fellow I am ! ' ` You 'll have worse luck yet , ' said the sparrow , ` for now I mean to make your home desolate . ' The carter had to leave his waggon on the road , and he went home in a towering passion . As soon as he saw his wife , he called out : ` Oh ! what bad luck I have had ! all my wine is spilt , and my horses are all three dead . ' ` My dear husband , ' replied his wife , ` your bad luck pursues you , for a wicked little sparrow has assembled all the other birds in the world , and they are in our barn eating everything up . '
The carter went out XXXXX the barn where he kept his corn and found it was just as his wife had said .
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