‘Yes, I have done so,’ said she.
The ogre was soon sound asleep again, when the man’s flesh called out a second time:
‘Hist! Hist!
A man lies in the kist!’
And the lamb’s flesh answered:
‘He is your brother,
And cousin of the other.’
‘What did it say, Dschemila?’ asked the ogre.
‘Only that I must add pepper.’
‘Well, add pepper.’
‘Yes, I have done so,’ said she.
The ogre had had a long day’s hunting, and could not keep himself awake. In a moment his eyes were tight shut, and then the man’s flesh called out for the third time: