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to them, so that it would catch fire. But the cat
didn't think this was funny and jumped into his
face, spitting, and scratching. He was terribly
frightened and ran toward the back door, but the
dog, who was lying there, jumped up and bit him
in the leg. When he ran across the yard past the
manure pile, the donkey gave him a healthy blow
with his hind foot, and the rooster, who had been
awakened from his sleep by the noise and was
now alert, cried down from the beam, "Cock-a-
doodle-doo!" Then the robber ran as fast as he
could back to his captain and said, "Oh, there is a
horrible witch sitting in the house, she blew at
me and scratched my face with her long fingers.
And there is a man with a knife standing in front
of the door, and he stabbed me in the leg. And a
black monster is lying in the yard, and it struck at
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