In the time of Schlauraffen I went there, and saw Rome and the
Lateran hanging by a small silken thread, and a man without feet
who outran a swift horse, and a keen sharp sword that cut through
a bridge. There I saw a young ass with a silver nose which pursued
two fleet hares, and a lime-tree that was very large, on which hot cakes
were growing. There I saw a lean old goat which carried about a hundred
cart-loads of fat on his body, and sixty loads of salt. Have I not told enough
lies? There I saw a plough ploughing without horse or cow, and a child
of one year threw four millstones from Ratisbon to Treves, and from Treves
to Strasburg, and a hawk swam over the Rhine, which he had a perfect right
to do. There I heard some fishes begin to make such a disturbance with each
other, that it resounded as far as heaven, and sweet honey flowed like water
from a deep valley at the top of a high mountain, and these were strange things.
There were two crows which were mowing a meadow, and I saw two gnats
building a bridge, and two doves tore a wolf to pieces; two children brought
forth two kids, and two frogs threshed corn together. There I saw two mice
consecrating a bishop, and two cats scratching out a bear's tongue. Then a snail
came running up and killed two furious lions. There stood a barber and shaved a
woman's beard off; and two sucking-children bade their mother hold her tongue.
There I saw two greyhounds which brought a mill out of the water; and a sorry
old horse was beside it, and said it was right. And four horses were standing
in the yard threshing corn with all their might, and two goats were heating the
stove, and a red cow shot the bread into the oven. Then a cock crowed, Cock-a-
doodle-doo! The story is all told,--Cock-a-doodle-doo!

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