. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ^^--{ST? •-iN^r vmmr. would make him a magic cook. He went to the palace of theduke and inquired for the majordomo. He was kindly received, asdwarfs are in such places, and heasked to be employed in the kitchen,and allowed to show his skill in pre-paring some of the rare dishes for thetable. No one in the ducal palace wasable to produce such food as was made chief cook in a littletime, and enjoyed the dukes favorfor two years. He grew fat, washonored at the great feasts, and be-came the wonder of the town. Now happened the s
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ^^--{ST? •-iN^r vmmr. would make him a magic cook. He went to the palace of theduke and inquired for the majordomo. He was kindly received, asdwarfs are in such places, and heasked to be employed in the kitchen,and allowed to show his skill in pre-paring some of the rare dishes for thetable. No one in the ducal palace wasable to produce such food as was made chief cook in a littletime, and enjoyed the dukes favorfor two years. He grew fat, washonored at the great feasts, and be-came the wonder of the town. Now happened the strangestthing of his strange life. (Ye that have eyes, prepare toopen them now.) One morning he went to the goose market to buy some nice fat geese, suchas he knew the duke would relish. He purchased a cage of three geese, but henoticed that one of the geese did not quack and gabble like the others. The poor thing must be sick, he said ; I will make haste to kill her. To his great astonishment, the goose made answer: — Stop my breath,And I will cause your early death. 72 ZIGZAG
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