“Oh, nothing,” replied the Man; “only last evening I fed nine hunting-dogs, and they are trying with all their might to get out!”
But Reinecke interrupted him: “The cuckoo take your nose and all the rest of you, only don’t let your hunting-dogs come out here until I have put my hide in safety!” And away he went, across lots and out of sight.
So the Man saved his nose, and full of joy he went home that night, carrying Petz with him.
“Master Reinecke wasn’t so clever that time,” said the little boy.
“He is not always clever,” said the grandmother. “But he was very clever when he took revenge on Isegrim.”
“Oh, tell me that, tell me that!” cried the little boy.
“Not now,” said the grandmother. “Did I not tell you that I had not done my stint of spinning? Come this evening after supper and I will tell you. Now run away home.”