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 but his foot slipping, plump went the stone to the bottom of the well. Hans, as he saw it sink, sprung joyfully up, then knelt down again, and thanked God, with tears in his eyes, for this favour, in having thus freed him from the stone; for it was the only thing wanting to complete his happiness.

“There is not such a happy dog as myself under the sun,” he exclaimed; and now with a lightsome spirit, released from every burden, he hastened along till he arrived at his mother’s house.





