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'Ah!' said the father, 'what fears we have had for you!' 'Yes,

father,' answered he; 'I have travelled all over the world, I

think, in one way or other, since we parted; and now I am very

glad to come home and get fresh air again.' 'Why, where have you

been?' said his father. 'I have been in a mouse-hole--and in a

snail-shell--and down a cow's throat--and in the wolf's belly;

and yet here I am again, safe and sound.'

'Well,' said they, 'you are come back, and we will not sell you

again for all the riches in the world.'