Wet wild woods

[thanate]

HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild--as wild as wild could be--and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him...

I knew I was half-remembering the phrase from somewhere... Oddly, I don't seem to be able to find the book anywhere; I know the hardback copy we had when I was a kid is actually mine, and in storage with my children's hardbacks, but I'm pretty sure my parents have a paperback that ought to be around someplace. Fortunately, in the case of famous out-of-copyright literature, the internet will provide.

(er, and I just re-read the first paragraph and am now having a mental image of the man hunting white fluffy wild sheep through the wet wild woods... The Sheep and the Pig don't get much stage time in this story. Aside from eating mutton, they're actually never mentioned again.)

Comments

[kittymaru.livejournal.com]

I think I DO have a copy of that somewhere. If mom didn't at one point force me to trim the booklings. I've always despised cleaning out books. You never know when you might need them.

If you want a borrow, I'll go take a look.

[thanate.livejournal.com]

No need-- I just reread the story online. Thanks, though.