They hadn’t yet closed the door, and when it heard me it jumped down from that great height. Children are stupid; I didn’t know what I was doing when I called out to it. It landed on its front legs and broke them both. “They sent for the gypsy to hit it over the head. My grandfather was cursing and swearing. It would have been better if I had died, rather than valuable livestock — I was such a useless good-for-nothing. “They butchered it and weighed it. I had to stand there watching while they killed it and cut it up into pieces. Don’t ask what I was feeling, but let this teach you not to love
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