Then the Shifty Lad put on his shoes , and , picking up the sheep , carried it home . And the Black Rogue paid him the hundred marks of his wager . When the shepherd reached the farmhouse that night he told his tale to his master , who scolded him for being stupid and careless , and bade him go the next day to the mountain and fetch him a kid , and he would send that as a wedding gift . But the Shifty Lad was on the look-out , and hid himself in the wood , and the moment the man drew near with the kid on his shoulders began to bleat like a sheep , and no one , not even the sheep 's own mother , could have told the difference . ` Why , it must have got its feet loose , and have strayed after all , ' thought the man ; and he put the kid on the grass and hurried off in the direction of the bleating . Then the boy ran back and picked up the kid , and took it to the Black Gallows Bird . The shepherd could hardly believe his eyes when he returned from seeking the sheep and found that the kid had vanished . He was afraid to go home and tell the same tale that he had told yesterday ; so he searched the wood through and through till night was nearly come . Then he felt that there was no help for it , and he must go home and confess to his master . Of course , the farmer was very angry at this second misfortune ; but this time he told him to drive one of the big bulls from the mountain , and warned him that if he lost THAT he would lose his place also . Again the Shifty Lad , who was on the watch , perceived him pass by , and when he saw the man returning with the great bull he cried to the Black Rogue : ` Be quick and come into the wood , and we will try to get the bull also . ' ` But how can we do that ? ' asked the Black Rogue . ` Oh , quite easily ! You hide yourself out there and baa like a sheep , and I will go in the other direction and bleat like a kid . It will be all right , I assure you . ' 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 XXXXX cattle and sold them and grew quite rich .
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