"Quack! quack! Give me back my beautiful money!"
The astonished girl immediately ran and told her master, the Prince, what had happened, and the wife of the Prince, who had at that moment learned all, said to her husband:
"This Duck is a Witch. Give her the money, or it will bring us bad luck."
The Prince of the Seven Golden Cows refused to listen to any advice. He believed that the fox had only happened to enter his hennery by accident.
Teenchy Duck made herself heard all day, and at night the Prince said to his servants:
"Take this squaller and throw her in the stable under the feet of the mules and horses. We will see in the morning what she will say."
The servants obeyed, and Teenchy Duck immediately cried:
"Brother Wolf, if you do not come quickly to my aid I shall be killed."
Brother Wolf made no delay, and it was not long before he had destroyed the horses and the mules. Next morning, before day, the servants went to get the animals to put them to the ploughs and wagons; but when they saw them lying dead their astonishment was indescribable. In the stable Teenchy Duck stood alone, singing, in her most beautiful voice:
"Quack! quack! Give me back my beautiful money!"