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The Hobyahs
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The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
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"Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl! But little dog Turpie barked so that the
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Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs." So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,
"Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hemp stalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the
