` Well , then , stretch yourself out , and rest your head on that piece of wood , ' said the mink . And the wolf did as he was bid , and was soon fast asleep . Then the mink crept up to him and stabbed him to the heart with his knife , and he died without moving . After that he landed on the beach , skinned the wolf , and taking the skin to his cottage , he hung it up before the fire to dry . Not many days later the wolf 's grandmother , who , with the help of her relations , had been searching for him everywhere , entered the cottage to buy some sea-urchins ' eggs , and saw the skin , which she at once guessed to be that of her grandson . ' I knew he was dead -- I knew it ! I knew it ! ' she cried , weeping bitterly , till the mink told her rudely that if she wanted to make so much noise she had better do it outside as he liked to be quiet . So , half-blinded by her tears , the old woman went home the way she had come , and running in at the door , she flung herself down in front of the fire . ` What are you crying for ? ' asked the old wolf and some friends who had been spending the afternoon with him . ' I shall never see my grandson any more ! ' answered she . ` Mink has killed him , oh ! oh ! ' And putting her head down , she began to weep as loudly as ever . ` There ! there ! ' said her husband , laying his paw on her shoulder . ` Be comforted ; if he IS dead , we will avenge him . '
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