He caught the hare . Then the Eagle told him to pluck three feathers out of its tail , and put in the hare , the stone , the splinters of wood and himself instead of them , and then he would be able to carry them all home . When the Eagle had flown a long way it alighted on a stone . ` Do you see anything ? ' it asked . ` Yes ; I see a flock of crows coming flying after us , ' said the man . ` Then we shall do well to fly on a little farther , ' said the Eagle , and off it set . In a short time it asked again , ` Do you see anything now ? ' ` Yes ; now the crows are close behind us , ' said the man . ` Then throw down the three feathers which you plucked out of his head , ' said the Eagle . So the man did this , and no sooner had he flung them down than the feathers became a flock of ravens , which chased the crows home again . Then the Eagle flew on much farther with the man , but at length it alighted on a stone for a while . ` Do you see anything ? ' it said . ' I am not quite certain , ' said the man , ` but I think I see something coming in the far distance . ' ` Then we shall do well to fly on a little farther , ' said the Eagle , and away it went . ` Do you see anything now ? ' it said , after some time had gone by . ` Yes ; now they are close behind us , ' said the man . ` Then throw down the splinters of wood which you took from beneath the gray stone by the stable door , ' said the Eagle .
The man did this , and no sooner had he flung them down XXXXX they grew up into a great thick wood , and Farmer Weatherbeard had to go home for an axe to cut his way through it .
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