asked the robbers . ` Dear me , yes ! He understands everything , and will always carry any message I give him . ' By-and-bye the shoemaker came in and said , ` Good morning , gentlemen ; the dog tells me you wish to speak to me . ' ` Yes , we do , ' replied the robber ; ` we have come to speak to you about that guitar . It is your fault that we have murdered all our wives ; and , though we played as you told us , none of them ever came back to life . ' ` You could not have played properly , ' said the shoemaker . ` It was your own fault . ' ` Well , we will forget all about it , ' answered the robbers , ` if you will only sell us your dog . ' ` Oh , that is impossible ! I should never get on without him . ' But the robbers offered him forty gold pieces , and at last he agreed to let them have the dog . So they departed , taking the dog with them , and when they got back to their cave the captain declared that it was his right to have the first trial . He then called his daughter , and said to her , ' I am going to the inn ; if anybody wants me , loose the dog , and send him to call me . ' About an hour after some one arrived on business , and the girl untied the dog and said , ` Go to the inn and call my father ! ' The dog bounded off , but ran straight to the shoemaker . When the robber got home and found no dog he thought ` He must have gone back to his old master , ' and , though night had already fallen , he went off after him . ` Master Joseph , is the dog here ? ' asked he . ` Ah !
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