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 made. The lad told him that he was taking the goose for a christening feast. ‘Just feel it,’ he went on, holding it up by the wings. ‘Feel how heavy it is; it’s true they have been stuffing it for eight weeks. Whoever eats that roast goose will have to wipe the fat off both sides of his mouth.’

‘Yes, indeed!’ answered Hans, weighing it in his hand; ‘but my pig is no light weight either.’

Then the lad looked cautiously about from side to side, and shook his head. ‘Now, look here,’ he began, ‘I don’t