But at last he turned round and saw that the bottom of the cart was wet , and when he examined it , he found that one of the barrels was quite empty , ` Oh ! what an unlucky fellow I am ! ' he exclaimed . ` You 'll have worse luck still , ' said the sparrow , as she perched on the head of one of the horses and pecked out its eyes . When the carter saw what had happened , he seized an axe and tried to hit the sparrow with it , but the little bird flew up into the air , and the carter only hit the blind horse on the head , so that it fell down dead . ` Oh ! 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 XXXXX make your home desolate . '
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