He climbs that tree, and from that overhanging branch he falls and breaks his neck." 'At this sad news the second girl forgot her errand.

She threw her skirt over her head and started shrieking: "Alas, my little nephew! My poor, dear little nephew! Would God that thou had lived to bury me, my little nephew!" And she too sat down upon the ground to hug her sorrow with the rest.
'The priest said: "That one too is long in coming; I will send another child; but thou must take her place upon the steps, O stranger, or else the work of stuffing will be much delayed." 'The stranger did as he was asked, while child after child was sent, till he alone was left to do the work of carrying the fresh leaves up from the ground and stuffing them into the sheep.

Still none returned.
'The priest's wife went herself, remarking that her husband and the stranger were able by themselves to carry on the work.

They did so a long while, yet no one came.
'At last the priest rose, saying: "I myself will go and beat them for this long delay.

Do thou, O stranger, feed the sheep meanwhile.