I will not let her hurt thee.' He was rubbing her ears all the time he spoke, and she was leaning against him.

Then I made believe to strike him, and in a moment she caught me by the waistband, and lifted me clean from the ground, and was casting me down to trample upon me, when he stopped her suddenly.
'What think you of that, boy?
Have you horse or dog that would do that for you?
Ay, and more than that she will do.

If I were to whistle, by-and-by, in the tone that tells my danger, she would break this stable-door down, and rush into the room to me.

Nothing will keep her from me then, stone-wall or church-tower.

Ah, Winnie, Winnie, you little witch, we shall die together.' Then he turned away with a joke, and began to feed her nicely, for she was very dainty.