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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 little dog Turpie's head. So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie's head.

The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said,

"Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" And when the Hobyahs found that little dog Turpie's head was off they tore down the hempstalks, ate up the old man and woman, and carried the little girl off in a bag.