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» 'If I get the heart and the liver of Kylie Golden-tresses, my daughter, to eat, I shall be well.' «
» The field-working farmer father was ill? « complained the llama. » Did I miss something here? «
» Be quiet, my dear anifriend, « the old man said obviously proud of having invented a new word. » If I may explain - anifriend being a combination of the words animal and… «
» Ah, go on! « The llama was not interested at all.
» Now it happened about this time that the son of the great King had come from abroad to ask Kylie Golden-tresses for marrying. The fieldsman now agreed to this, and they went abroad.
The fieldsman then went and sent Bromford Curly-locks to the hunting-hill for a he-goat, and he gave its heart and its liver to his wife to eat; and the henwife rose well and healthy. «
The llama sighed.
» So this story is about cannibalism in the family. Very good, stepmother, very gentle. But go on. Go on! «
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