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master ! little master! let me come and warm myself.”
“Come along, little mother!” cried he; “come and
warm thyself and make thyself comfortable.” Then
she came out, but no sooner had she done so, than he
threw the cord around her and began flogging her.
“Say,” eried he, “what hast thou done with my
brother ?” “ Oh, dear little master ! dear little master !
let me go, let me go! I'll tell thee this instant where
thy brother is.” But he wouldn’t listen, but beat
her and beat her, and held her naked feet over the
fire, and toasted and roasted her till she shrivelled
right up. Then he let her go, and she went with him
to a cave that was on that mountain, and drew from
the depths of it some healing and life-civing water,
and brought his brother back to life again, but it was
as much as she could do, for she was half-dead herself.
Then his brother said to him: “ Oh, my dear brother,
how heavily I must have been sleeping! But thou
must revive my faithful dog too!” Then she revived
the faithful dog, and she also revived the Tsar and
the T'saritsa and the Tsarivna, who had been turned
to stone there. Then they left that place, for they
longed to be far away from the mountain where they
had all but perished. When they had gone a little
distance, the elder brother bowed to the ground
before them, and went on his way alone.

He went on and on till he came to a city where all