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1. The Shabby Colt or the Dog of Eight Feet (ar lean)

   

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   After going to bed, the dog of 8-feet came to the door and knocked it in, Doctor knocked it out, dog of 8-ft knocked it in, Know-All knocked it out - until the cock crew and he had to disappear.

   The grey-haired man, 200 years old, told him he would have to go to another grey-haired man, 300 years old, who knew all about the Dog of 8-feet. He told him where he lived.

   Now, the young man went to this grey-haired man for his advice over the dog of 8-feet, and when he went there, the old man took the horse from him, put him in a stable and gave him plenty of corn. He told the young man he had a shabby colt, and that he would give him the shabby colt instead of his own horse. Next morning he told him he would give him his little dog Twig, for protection. "For", says he, "the dog of 8-feet pays me a visit every night at 12 o'clock sharp.

   Sharp at twelve, Dog of 8-feet came to the door and knocked it in, Doctor knocked it out, Dog of 8-feet knocked it in, Know-All knocked it out, Dog of 8-feet knocked it in, Twig knocked it out, until the cock crew and he had to disappear.

   The old man gave him the dog for protection, and the shabby colt. "And", says he, "anything you want the shabby colt to do, whisper in his ear". And, says he, have to cross the burning mountains. And when you

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