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it, and wished to join them. “ A h/’ said he to his sister u do
let me go to the hu nt: I cannot keep away any longer.” And
he begged so hard, that at last she consented. “ But/' said
she to him, “ come again to me by evening; against the wild

hunters I will shut the door; and that I may know yon,
knock at the door, and say, 4 Sister mine, let me in;' and if
yon do not speak, I shall not open the door/' So the little
fawn ran off merrily and joyfully. The king and his hunts­
men saw the beautiful beast, and pursued him ; but they could
not catch him; and even when they thought they certainly
had him, lie sprang over the brushwood and disappeared. As
soon as it grew dark, he ran home, and knocked, and said,
“ Sister mine, let me in." Then the little door was undone
to him, and he sprang in, and rested all night long upon his
soft bed. The next morning the hunt was recommenced, and
when the fawn heard the horn again, and the tally-ho of the