So the captain brought the dog back , and the following morning handed him over to another of the band , just saying that the animal really could do what the shoemaker had said . The second robber carefully kept his own counsel , and fetched the dog secretly back from the shoemaker , and so on through the whole band . At length , when everybody had suffered , they met and told the whole story , and next day they all marched off in fury to the man who had made game of them . After reproaching him with having deceived them , they tied him up in a sack , and told him they were going to throw him into the sea . The shoemaker lay quite still , and let them do as they would . They went on till they came to a church , and the robbers said , ` The sun is hot and the sack is heavy ; let us leave it here and go in and rest . ' So they put the sack down by the roadside , and went into the church . Now , on a hill near by there was a swineherd looking after a great herd of pigs and whistling merrily . When Master Joseph heard him he cried out as loud as he could , ' I wo n't ; I wo n't , I say . ' ` What wo n't you do ? ' asked the swineherd . ` Oh , ' replied the shoemaker . ` They want me to marry the king 's daughter , and I wo n't do it . ' ` How lucky you are ! ' sighed the swineherd . ` Now , if it were only me ! ' ` Oh , if that 's all ! ' replied the cunning shoemaker , ` get you into this sack , and let me out . ' Then the swineherd opened the sack and took the place of the shoemaker , who went gaily off , driving the pigs before him . When the robbers were rested they came out of the church , took up the sack , and carried it to the sea , where they threw it in , and it sank directly .
As they came back they met the shoemaker , and stared at him XXXXX open mouths .
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