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Rh him, “a sucking-pig, a little sucking-pig. Where did you get it? How did you shoot it? Do let us see it!”

Fritz then with sparkling eyes exhibited his prize.

“I am glad to see the result of your prowess, my boy,” said I; “but I cannot approve of deceit, even as a joke; stick to the truth in jest and earnest.”

Fritz then told us how he had been to the other side of the stream. “So different from this,” he said; “it is really a beautiful country, and the shore, which runs down to the sea in a gentle slope, is covered with all sorts of useful things from the wreck. Do let us go and collect them. And, father, why should we not return to the wreck and bring off some of the animals? Just think of what value the cow would be to us, and what a pity it would be to lose her. Let us get her on shore, and we will 2