And the gazelle said , ` It is I , great mistress , your grandchild . ' ` If you are my grandchild , ' returned the voice , ` go back whence you came . Do n't come and die here , and bring me to my death as well . ' ` Open , mistress , I entreat , I have something to say to you . ' ` Grandchild , ' replied she , ' I fear to put your life in danger , and my own too . ' ` Oh , mistress , my life will not be lost , nor yours either ; open , I pray you . ' So she opened the door . ` What is the news where you come from , my grandson , ' asked she . ` Great lady , where I come from it is well , and with you it is well . ' ` Ah , my son , here it is not well at all . If you seek a way to die , or if you have not yet seen death , then is to-day the day for you to know what dying is . ' ` If I am to know it , I shall know it , ' replied the gazelle ; ` but tell me , who is the lord of this house ? ' And she said : ` Ah , father ! in this house is much wealth , and much people , and much food , and many horses . And the lord of it all is an exceeding great and wonderful snake . ' ` Oh ! ' cried the gazelle when he heard this ; ` tell me how I can get at the snake to kill him ? ' ` My son , ' returned the old woman , ` do not say words like these ; you risk both our lives . He has put me here all by myself , and I have to cook his food . When the great snake is coming there springs up a wind , and blows the dust about , and this goes on till the great snake glides into the courtyard and calls for his dinner , which must always be ready for him in those big pots .
He eats till he has had enough , and then drinks a whole tankful XXXXX water .
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