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Hauk!" [FN#421] Whereupon the Hunchback quaked and cried, "Come

to my aid, O people of the house!" But behold, the ass-colt grew

and became big as a buffalo and walled the way before him and

spake with the voice of the sons of Adam, saying, "Woe to thee, O

thou Bunch-back, thou stinkard, O thou filthiest of grooms!"

Hearing this the groom was seized with a colic and he sat down on

the jakes in his clothes with teeth chattering and knocking

together.