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Mime	Hence with the beast! I want not the bear!
Siegfried	I come thus paired The better to pinch thee; Bruin, ask for the sword!
Mime	Hey! Let him go! There lies the weapon; It was finished to-day.
Siegfried	Then thou art safe for to-day! [He lets the bear loose and ſrikes him on the back with the rope. Off, Bruin! I need thee no more. [The bear runs back into the wood.
Mime Comes trembling from behind the forge.	Slay all the bears Thou canst, and welcome; But why thus bring the beasts Home alive?
Siegfried Sits down to recover from his laughter.	For better companions seeking Than the one who sits at home, I blew my horn in the wood, Till the forest glades resounded. What I asked with the note Was if some good friend My glad companion would be. From the covert came a bear Who listened to me with growls, And I liked him better than thee, Though better friends I shall find. With a trusty rope I bridled the beast, To ask thee, rogue, for the weapon. [He jumps up and goes towards the anvil.

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