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“Tt is fitting,” answered he. ‘I crave but from want ;
and the boon that I ask is to have this small bag that thou
seest filled with meat.”

‘A request within reason is this,” said he, ‘ and gladly
shalt thou have it. Bring him food.”

 

A great number of attendants arose, and began to fill the
bag; but for all that they put into it, it was no fuller than
at first.

“My soul,” said Gwawl, “ will thy bag be ever full?”

“Tt will not, I declare to Heaven,” said he, “ for all that: