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same intentions; but the others screamed out,
"Stay away! for heaven's sake stay away!" But she
did not see why she should stay away, and
thought, "If they do so, why should not I?" and
went towards them. But when she reached her
sisters there she stopped, hanging on with them.
And so they had to stay, all night.
The next morning the Simpleton took the goose
under his arm and went away, unmindful of the
three girls that hung on to it. The three had
always to run after him, left and right, wherever
his legs carried him. In the midst of the fields
they met the parson, who, when he saw the
procession, said, "Shame on you, girls, running
after a young fellow through the fields like this,"
and forthwith he seized hold of the youngest by
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