The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (15)

The Tale of the Silver saucer and the Transparent apple (15)

When he heard that, the shepherd went back quickly to the village to show it to the people.

And all the way, the whistle-pipe went on playing and reciting, singing its little song.

Everyone who heard it said, " What a strange song ! But who is it who was killed ! "

" I know nothing about it, " says the shepherd, and he tells them about the mound and the reed and the flowers, and how he cut the reed and mede the whistle-pipe,and how the whistle-pipe does its playing by itself.

As he was going through the village, with all the people crowding about him, the old merchant, that one who was the father of the two bad ones and of the little pretty one, came along and listened with the rest.

When he heard the words about the silver saucer and the transparent apple, he snatched the whistle-pipe from the shepherd boy.

The whistle-pipe still it sang;
"
Play, play, whistle-pipe.
Bring happiness to my dear father and to my little mother.
I was killed
ーyes, my life was taken from me in the deep forest for the sake of a silver saucer, for the sake of the transparent apple.
"

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