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Perceiving them to be very heavy, they danced about for joy and supposed that they had taken a large catch.

They supposed that the Hen must contain a great lump of gold in its inside, and in order to get the gold they killed it.

On his replying that he supposed it would be the prow, the Man said, “Death would not be grievous to me, if I could only see my Enemy die before me.”

When the Partridge was put into the poultry-yard, they struck at it and followed it about, so that the Partridge became grievously troubled and supposed that he was thus evilly treated because he was a stranger.