asked Hans . ` Those gallows birds hang high in the air , and my camp will be on the ground ; we shall have nothing to do with each other . ' As he spoke , he turned his back on the minister , and went his way . There was no help for it , and the minister had to push on by himself , if he expected to arrive in time for the christening . His friends were much surprised to see him drive up without a coachman , and thought some accident had happened . But when he told them of his conversation with Hans they did not know which was the most foolish , master or man . It would have mattered little to Hans had he known what they were saying or thinking of him . He satisfied his hunger with the food he had in his knapsack , lit his pipe , pitched his tent under the boughs of a tree , wrapped himself in his furs , and went sound asleep . After some hours , he was awakened by a sudden noise , and sat up and looked about him . The moon was shining brightly above his head , and close by stood two headless dwarfs , talking angrily . At the sight of Hans the little dwarfs cried out : ` It is he ! It is he ! ' and one of them stepping nearer exclaimed , ` Ah , my old friend ! it is a lucky chance that has brought us here . My bones still ache from my fall down the steps of the tower . I dare say you have not forgotten that night ! Now it is the turn of your bones . Hi ! comrades , make haste ! make haste ! '
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