Kabo pretended to cry , and told how Pivi had been swallowed . ` But dry your tears , my darlings , ' said Kabo , ' I will be your husband , and my wives shall be your slaves . Everything is for the best , in the best of all possible worlds . ' ` No , no ! ' cried the girls , ` we love Pivi . We do not love anyone else . We shall stay at home , and weep for Pivi ! ' ` Wretched idiots ! ' cried Kabo ; ` Pivi was a scoundrel who broke my leg , and knocked me into the river . ' Then a little cough was heard at the door , and Kabo trembled , for he knew it was the cough of Pivi ! ` Ah , dear Pivi ! ' cried Kabo , rushing to the door . ` What joy ! I was trying to console your dear wives . ' Pivi said not one word . He waved his hand , and five and twenty of his friends came trooping down the hill . They cut up Kabo into little pieces . Pivi turned round , and there was the good woman of the river . ` Pivi , ' she said , ` how did you get out of the living tomb into which Kabo sent you ? ' ' I had my spear with me , ' said Pivi .
` It was quite dry inside the shell , and I worked away at the fish with my spear , till he saw reason XXXXX open his shell , and out I came . '
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