` Ah , there is a slit in this one , ' cried the servant , shaking the skin ; ` and here he is . ' And she pulled out Ball-Carrier , looking so lean and small that he would hardly have made a mouthful for a sparrow . ` Was it you who took my gold and bridge ? ' asked the Bad One . ` Yes , ' answered Ball-Carrier , ` it was I who took them . ' The Bad One made a sign to the woman , who inquired where he had hidden them . He lifted his left arm where the gold was , and she picked up a knife and scraped his skin so that no gold should be left sticking to it . ` What have you done with the bridge ? ' said she . And he lifted his right arm , from which she took the bridge , while the Bad One looked on , well pleased . ` Be sure that he does not run away , ' chuckled he . ` Boil some water , and get him ready for cooking , while I go and invite my friends the water-demons to the feast . ' The woman seized Ball-Carrier between her finger and thumb , and was going to carry him to the kitchen , when the boy spoke : ' I am very lean and small now , ' he said , ` hardly worth the trouble of cooking ; but if you were to keep me two days , and gave me plenty of food , I should get big and fat . As it is , your friends the water-demons would think you meant to laugh at them , when they found that I was the feast . ' ` Well , perhaps you are right , ' answered the Bad One ; ' I will keep you for two days . ' And he went out to visit the water-demons . Meanwhile the servant , whose name was Lung Woman , led him into a little shed , and chained him up to a ring in the wall . But food was given him every hour , and at the end of two days he was as fat and big as a Christmas turkey , and could hardly move his head from one side to the other . ` He will do now , ' said the Bad One , who came constantly to see how he was getting on . ' I shall go and tell the water-demons that we expect them to dinner to-night .
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