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But the huntsman had heard all they said; and as soon as they

were gone, he climbed to the top of the mountain, and when he had

sat there a short time a cloud came rolling around him, and

caught him in a whirlwind and bore him along for some time, till

it settled in a garden, and he fell quite gently to the ground

amongst the greens and cabbages.

Then he looked around him, and said, 'I wish I had something to

eat, if not I shall be worse off than before; for here I see

neither apples nor pears, nor any kind of fruits, nothing but

vegetables.' At last he thought to himself, 'I can eat salad, it

will refresh and strengthen me.' So he picked out a fine head and

ate of it; but scarcely had he swallowed two bites when he felt

himself quite changed, and saw with horror that he was turned

into an ass. However, he still felt very hungry, and the salad

tasted very nice; so he ate on till he came to another kind of

salad, and scarcely had he tasted it when he felt another change

come over him, and soon saw that he was lucky enough to have

found his old shape again.