O colt, tender little colt,
Open the door for me!
Juicy grass and cooling drink
Bring I here for thee!
The unhappy colt was deceived and opened the door. Alas! Isegrim fell upon him, seized him by the throat, and ate him up—all but the head and the tail, which he left lying there. Then he made off, having closed the door behind him, that nothing might be seen from without.
When Reinecke came home he began to call, as usual:
O colt, tender little colt,
Open the door for me!
Juicy grass and cooling drink
Bring I here for thee!