So out he went , and the others with him , and away went the hare , and they after it , in real earnest . In the meantime , however , the Master Thief took the joint and ran off with it , and whether the Governor got any roast meat for his dinner that day I know not , but I know that he had no roast hare , though he chased it till he was both hot and tired . At noon came the Priest , and when the Governor had told him of the trick played by the Master Thief there was no end to the ridicule he cast on the Governor . ` For my part , ' said the Priest , ' I ca n't imagine myself being made a fool of by such a fellow as that ! ' ` Well , I advise you to be careful , ' said the Governor , ` for he may be with you before you are at all aware . ' But the Priest repeated what he had said , and mocked the Governor for having allowed himself to be made such a fool of . Later in the afternoon the Master Thief came and wanted to have the Governor 's daughter as he had promised . ` You must first give some more samples of your skill , ' said the Governor , trying to speak him fair , ` for what you did to-day was no such very great thing after all . Could n't you play off a really good trick on the Priest ? for he is sitting inside there and calling me a fool for having let myself be taken in by such a fellow as you . ' ` Well , it would n't be very hard to do that , ' said the Master Thief . So he dressed himself up like a bird , and threw a great white sheet over himself ; broke off a goose 's wings , and set them on his back ; and in this attire climbed into a great maple tree which stood in the Priest 's garden . So when the Priest returned home in the evening the youth began to cry , ` Father Lawrence ! Father Lawrence ! ` for the Priest was called Father Lawrence . ` Who is calling me ? ' said the Priest . ' I am an angel sent to announce to thee that because of thy piety thou shalt be taken away alive into heaven , ' said the Master Thief . ` Wilt thou hold thyself in readiness to travel away next Monday night ? for then will I come and fetch thee , and bear thee away with me in a sack , and thou must lay all thy gold and silver , and whatsoever thou may ` st possess of this world 's wealth , in a heap in thy best parlour . '
So Father Lawrence fell down on his knees before the angel and thanked him , and the following Sunday he preached a farewell sermon , and gave out that an angel had come down into the large maple tree in his garden , and had announced XXXXX him that , because of his righteousness , he should be taken up alive into heaven , and as he thus preached and told them this everyone in the church , old or young , wept .
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