` Where are you going in such a hurry ? ' ` To the miller 's wedding ; I am rather late already , for the wreath took such a long time to make , so I ca n't stop . ' ` Do n't go , ' said the boy earnestly ; ' when once they have tasted your milk they will never let you leave them , and you will have to serve them all the days of your life . ' ` Oh , nonsense ; what do you know about it ? ' answered the cow , who always thought she was wiser than other people . ` Why , I can run twice as fast as any of them ! I should like to see anybody try to keep me against my will . ' And , without even a polite bow , she went on her way , feeling very much offended . But everything turned out just as the boy had said . The company had all heard of the fame of the cow 's milk , and persuaded her to give them some , and then her doom was sealed . A crowd gathered round her , and held her horns so that she could not use them , and , like the horse , she was shut in the stable , and only let out in the mornings , when a long rope was tied round her head , and she was fastened to a stake in a grassy meadow . And so it happened to the goat and to the sheep . Last of all came the reindeer , looking as he always did , as if some serious business was on hand . ` Where are you going ? ' asked the boy , who by this time was tired of wild cherries , and was thinking of his dinner . ' I am invited to the wedding , ' answered the reindeer , ` and the miller has begged me on no account to fail him . ' ' O fool ! ' cried the boy , ` have you no sense at all ? Do n't you know that when you get there they will hold you fast , for neither beast nor bird is as strong or as swift as you ? ' ` That is exactly why I am quite safe , ' replied the reindeer . '
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