` Now , when I really think over the thing , ' said Jonas , ' I am almost sure there will not be more than one . What would two do with one ram ? There will certainly not be more than one . ' ` But you should come with me all the same , Jonas , ' said Walter . ` You see I can very well manage one , but I am not quite accustomed to wolves yet , and he might tear holes in my new trousers . ' ` Well , just listen , ' said Jonas , ' I am beginning to think that Walter is not so brave as people say . First of all Walter would fight against four , and then against three , then two , and then one , and now Walter wants help with one . Such a thing must never be ; what would people say ? Perhaps they would think that Walter is a coward ? ' ` That 's a lie , ' said Walter , ' I am not at all frightened , but it is more amusing when there are two . I only want someone who will see how I strike the wolf and how the dust flies out of his skin . ' ` Well , then , Walter can take the miller 's little Lisa with him . She can sit on a stone and look on , ' said Jonas . ` No , she would certainly be frightened , ' said Walter , ` and how would it do for a girl to go wolf-hunting ? Come with me , Jonas , and you shall have the skin , and I will be content with the ears and the tail . ' ` No , thank you , ' said Jonas , ` Walter can keep the skin for himself . Now I see quite well that he is frightened . Fie , shame on him ! ' This touched Walter 's pride very near . ' I shall show that I am not frightened , ' he said ; and so he took his drum , sabre , cock 's feather , clasp-knife , pop-gun and air-pistol , and went off quite alone to the wood to hunt wolves .
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