the lord god had created all animals, and had chosen out the wolf to be his dog, but he had forgotten the goat. then the devil made ready and began to create also, and created goats with fine long tails. now when they went to pasture, they generally remained caught in the hedges by their tails, then the devil had to go there and disentangle them, with a great deal of trouble. this enraged him at last, and he went and bit off the tail of every goat, as may be seen to this day by the stump.