` Beg him to come with us . ' And the youth did so . ` With pleasure , as long as you give me enough to eat and drink . ' And the youth whispered to the hermit , ` Good father , before we were four , and now we are five . ' A little way along they noticed another man in the middle of a stream , who was shooting into the water . ` Good father , ' said the youth , ` what can he be shooting at ? ' ` Ask him , ' answered the hermit . ` Hush , hush ! ' cried the man ; ` now you have frightened it away . In the Underworld sits a quail on a tree , and I wanted to shoot it . That is my business . I hit everything I aim at . ' ` Ask him if he will come with us . ' And the man replied , ` With all my heart , as long as I get enough to eat and drink . ' So they took him into the ship , and the young man whispered , ` Good father , before we were five , and now we are six . ' Off they went again , and before they had gone far they met a man striding towards them whose steps were so long that while one foot was on the north of the island the other was right down in the south . ` Good father , look at him ! What long steps he takes ! ' ` Ask him why he does it , ' replied the hermit . ` Oh , I am only going out for a little walk , ' answered he .
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