He is so rich and has so much wealth of all kinds , ' said the man . ` There is no help for it , ' said the Master Thief ; ` go you must , whether you like it or not . If I ca n't get you to go by using good words , I will soon make you go with bad ones . ' But the man was still unwilling , so the Master Thief followed him , threatening him with a great birch stick , till he went weeping and wailing through the door to the Governor of the province . ` Now , my man , and what 's amiss with you ? ' said the Governor . So he told him that he had three sons who had gone away one day , and how he had given them permission to go where they chose , and take to whatsoever work they fancied . ` Now , ' he said , ` the youngest of them has come home , and has threatened me till I have come to you to ask for your daughter for him , and I am to say that he is a Master Thief , ' and again the man fell a-weeping and lamenting . ` Console yourself , my man , ' said the Governor , laughing . ` You may tell him from me that he must first give me some proof of this . If he can steal the joint off the spit in the kitchen on Sunday , when every one of us is watching it , he shall have my daughter . Will you tell him that ? ' The man did tell him , and the youth thought it would be easy enough to do it . So he set himself to work to catch three hares alive , put them in a bag , clad himself in some old rags so that he looked so poor and wretched that it was quite pitiable to see him , and in this guise on Sunday forenoon he sneaked into the passage with his bag , like any beggar boy . The Governor himself and every one in the house was in the kitchen , keeping watch over the joint . While they were doing this the youth let one of the hares slip out of his bag , and off it set and began to run round the yard . ` Just look at that hare , ' said the people in the kitchen , and wanted to go out and catch it . The Governor saw it too , but said , ` Oh , let it go ! it 's no use to think of catching a hare when it 's running away . ' It was not long before the youth let another hare out , and the people in the kitchen saw this too , and thought that it was the same .
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