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 whither. There he sat on that high tree three days and three nights, and the lion sat all the time under the tree looking upwards. The lion was very sorrowful, that Brunswik would not trust it, and in distress roared so mightily, that the earth quaked thereat, and Brunswik fell in great fear from the tree and hurt himself greatly. The lion, seeing this, went quickly away, dug up certain roots, brought them in his mouth and laid them on Brunswik, so that in a short time he was whole. Here again evil befel Brunswik, for he fell from a high tree, but when the lion helped him, he loved it greatly and never distrusted it any more.

After this fall Brunswik sat in great weakness from hunger, having nothing to eat; and the lion, seeing his hunger, went and caught a roe, brought it and tore it into halves, and taking it into his own mouth, baked it there with as great heat as in the hottest bake-house, and then took it out and set it before him. Brunswik now seeing the great faithfulness of the lion, loved it exceedingly, and the lion reverently lying down