The shepherd was walking slowly , driving the bull before him , when he suddenly heard a loud baa amongst the bushes far away on one side of the path , and a feeble bleat answering it from the other side . ` Why , it must be the sheep and the kid that I lost , ' said he . ` Yes , surely it must ' ; and tying the bull hastily to a tree , he went off after the sheep and the kid , and searched the wood till he was tired . Of course by the time he came back the two thieves had driven the bull home and killed him for meat , so the man was obliged to go to his master and confess that he had been tricked again . After this the Black Rogue and the Shifty Lad grew bolder and bolder , and stole great quantities of cattle and sold them and grew quite rich . One day they were returning from the market with a large sum of money in their pockets when they passed a gallows erected on the top of a hill . ` Let us stop and look at that gallows , ' exclaimed the Shifty Lad . ' I have never seen one so close before . Yet some say that it is the end of all thieves . ' There was no one in sight , and they carefully examined every part of it . ' I wonder how it feels to be hanged , ' said the Shifty Lad . ' I should like to know , in case they ever catch me . I 'll try first , and then you can do so . ' As he spoke he fastened the loose cord about his neck , and when it was quite secure he told the Black Rogue to take the other end of the rope and draw him up from the ground . ` When I am tired of it I will shake my legs , and then you must let me down , ' said he . The Black Rogue drew up the rope , but in half a minute the Shifty Lad 's legs began to shake , and he quickly let it down again . ` You ca n't imagine what a funny feeling hanging gives you , ' murmured the Shifty Lad , who looked rather purple in the face and spoke in an odd voice . ' I do n't think you have every tried it , or you would n't have let me go up first . Why , it is the pleasantest thing I have ever done . I was shaking my legs from sheer delight , and if you had been there you would have shaken your legs too . '
` Well , let me try , XXXXX it is so nice , ' answered the Black Rogue .
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