By Andrew Lang
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(Part 3)

All this the master heard and understood. As soon as morning came, he ordered all the dogs to be killed except the old dog. The farm servants wondered at this order, and they exclaimed, ?But surely, sir, that would be a pity!?

The master answered, ?Do as I tell you,? and he made ready to return home with his wife.

The master and his wife mounted their horses and went on their way. It happened that the husband rode on ahead, while the wife was a little ...