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"Oh, because she vexes me the whole day long."
Then the aged king commanded him to relate what it was that she did to him.
And Conrad said, "In the morning when we pass beneath the dark gateway with the block, there is a horse's head on the wall, and she says to it
"'Alas, Falada, hanging there.'
"And the head answers,
"'Alas, young queen, how ill you fare.If this your mother knewHer heart would break in two.'"
And Conrad went on to relate what happened on the goose pasture, and how when there he had to chase his hat.
The aged king commanded him to drive his flock out again next day, and as soon as morning came, he placed himself behind the dark gateway, and heard how the maiden spoke to the head of Falada, and
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