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194 GLOOSCAP AND OTHER STOKIES
"Yes,
I will, and beat you soundly when 1
have a chance ! she cried, all the more angry
now she saw that Jack had caught her in a
trap.
"Very well, then, eat away," said Jack.
There was nothing for her to do but to eat
away as fast as she could, until she could bear
it no longer. Then she cried out:
"Jack, if you will only take this food away,
I promise you I will not beat you."
So Jack
took away the food.
The next morning Jack was sent off to mar
ket with another cow. As he passed the house
where he had stopped the day before, he found
the same man waiting for him on the doorstep.
This time Jack was not to be caught.
"Be off with you, you evil spirit,"
he cried.
"You
robbed me yesterday; you will not do it
again to-day."
The man took off his belt, and threw it down
in the middle of the road. Instantly the belt
sprang up around both Jack and the cow. Itbound
the cow s legs fast to her body, and
bound poor Jack to the side of the cow. There
in the road they lay, unable to stir.
"Untie me!" cried Jack, struggling to break
the belt.
"Give me your cow and I will,"
said the
stranger.
"I will do no such thing,"
said Jack.