We'll for this Whistle run a race." ...

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[Variant 4:]

1836
Said Walter then, "Your task is here,
'Twill keep you working half a year.

1800
'Twill baffle you for half a year. 1827

Said Walter then, "Your task is here,
'Twill keep you working half a year.

'Twill baffle you for half a year.

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[Variant 5:]

1836
Till you have cross'd where I shall cross,
Say that you'll neither sleep nor eat."

1800
"Now cross where I shall cross,—come on
And follow me where I shall lead—"

1802
"Cross, if you dare, where I shall cross—
Come on, and in my footsteps tread!"

1827

Till you have cross'd where I shall cross,
Say that you'll neither sleep nor eat."