` Thanks , Maiden Bright-eye , ' said the dog . ` Where is my brother ? ' ` He is in the serpent-pit . ' ` Where is my wicked sister ? ' ` She is with the noble king . ' ` Alas ! alas ! I am here this evening , and shall be for one evening yet , and then I shall never come again . ' After this it slipped out , and no one could get hold of it . But the king 's cook thought to himself , ' I shall see if I ca n't get hold of you to-morrow evening . ' On the third evening the duck again came waddling in by the drain , and up to the dog on the hearth-stone . ` Good evening , ' it said . ` Thanks , Maiden Bright-eye , ' said the dog . ` Where is my brother ? ' ` He is in the serpent-pit . ' ` Where is my wicked sister ? ' ` She is with the noble king . ' ` Alas ! alas ! now I shall never come again . '
With this it slipped out again , but XXXXX the meantime the cook had posted himself at the outer end of the drain with a net , which he threw over it as it came out .
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