All this succeeded according to his desire ; for , the Ogre waking about midnight , and sorry that he deferred to do that till morning which he might have done over-night , threw himself hastily out of bed , and , taking his great knife , `` Let us see , '' said he , `` how our little rogues do , and not make two jobs of the matter . '' He then went up , groping all the way , into his daughters ' chamber , and , coming to the bed where the little boys lay , and who were every soul of them fast asleep , except Little Thumb , who was terribly afraid when he found the Ogre fumbling about his head , as he had done about his brothers ' , the Ogre , feeling the golden crowns , said : `` I should have made a fine piece of work of it , truly ; I find I drank too much last night . '' Then he went to the bed where the girls lay ; and , having found the boys ' little bonnets , `` Ah ! '' said he , `` my merry lads , are you there ? Let us work as we ought . '' And saying these words , without more ado , he cut the throats of all his seven daughters . Well pleased with what he had done , he went to bed again to his wife . So soon as Little Thumb heard the Ogre snore , he waked his brothers , and bade them all put on their clothes presently and follow him . They stole down softly into the garden , and got over the wall . They kept running about all night , and trembled all the while , without knowing which way they went . The Ogre , when he awoke , said to his wife : `` Go upstairs and dress those young rascals who came here last night . '' The wife was very much surprised at this goodness of her husband , not dreaming after what manner she should dress them ; but , thinking that he had ordered her to go and put on their clothes , she went up , and was strangely astonished when she perceived her seven daughters killed , and weltering in their blood . She fainted away , for this is the first expedient almost all women find in such cases . The Ogre , fearing his wife would be too long in doing what he had ordered , went up himself to help her . He was no less amazed than his wife at this frightful spectacle . `` Ah ! what have I done ? '' cried he . `` The wretches shall pay for it , and that instantly . '' He threw a pitcher of water upon his wife 's face , and , having brought her to herself , said : `` Give me quickly my boots of seven leagues , that I may go and catch them . ''
He went out , and , having run over a vast deal of ground , both on this side and that , he came XXXXX last into the very road where the poor children were , and not above a hundred paces from their father 's house .
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