Maciej was warming himself in the sun after finishing his prayers, and was already setting about his household work. He brought out grass and leaves; he sat down in front of his house and whistled: at this whistle a multitude of rabbits bobbed up from beneath the ground. Like narcissuses suddenly blooming above the grass, their long ears shine white; beneath them their bright eyes glitter like bloody rubies thickly sown in the velvet of the greensward. Now the rabbits sit up, and each listens and gazes around; finally the whole white, furry herd run to the old man, allured by leaves of cabbage; they jump to his feet, on his knees, on his shoulders: himself white as a rabbit, he loves to gather them around him and stroke their warm fur with his hand; but with his other hand he throws millet on the grass for the sparrows, and the noisy rabble drop from the roofs. — adam mickiewicz, pan tadeusz, or the last foray in lithuania: a story of life among polish gentlefolk in the years 1811 and 1812 in twelve books, translated by george rapall noyes, london & toronto, j. M. Dent & sons, 1917, book vi, pp. 173–174. Object Type: painting. Date: 1879. Dimensions: height: 44 cm (17.3 in); width: 55 cm (21.6 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Muzeum Okręgowe w Lesznie. Antoni Kozakiewicz - Maciej, król nad króle ("Pan Tadeusz", Księga VI)
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