Are you Little Klaus ? Here are some cattle for you to begin with , and a mile farther down the road there is another herd , which I will give you as a present ! '' Now I saw that the river was a great high-road for the sea-people . Along it they travel underneath from the sea to the land till the river ends . It was so beautiful , full of flowers and fresh grass ; the fishes which were swimming in the water shot past my ears as the birds do here in the air . What lovely people there were , and what fine cattle were grazing in the ditches and dykes ! ' ` But why did you come up to us again ? ' asked Big Klaus . ' I should not have done so , if it is so beautiful down below ! ' ` Oh ! ' said Little Klaus , ` that was just so politic of me . You heard what I told you , that the sea-maiden said to me a mile farther along the road -- and by the road she meant the river , for she can go by no other way -- there was another herd of cattle waiting for me . But I know what windings the river makes , now here , now there , so that it is a long way round . Therefore it makes it much shorter if one comes on the land and drives across the field to the river . Thus I have spared myself quite half a mile , and have come much quicker to my sea-cattle ! ' ` Oh , you 're a lucky fellow ! ' said Big Klaus . ` Do you think I should also get some cattle if I went to the bottom of the river ? ' ` Oh , yes ! I think so , ' said Little Klaus .
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