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The boy had become afraid; he called and cried after him: 'Oh,

wild man, do not go away, or I shall be beaten!' The wild man

turned back, took him up, set him on his shoulder, and went with

hasty steps into the forest. When the king came home, he observed

the empty cage, and asked the queen how that had happened. She

knew nothing about it, and sought the key, but it was gone. She

called the boy, but no one answered. The king sent out people to

seek for him in the fields, but they did not find him. Then he

could easily guess what had happened, and much grief reigned in

the royal court.