ie there like that, so that you can't breathe?"

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"I've choked myself with a bean," he answered. "Go and ask the cow for
some butter."

And his mistress came to the cow and said: "Mrs. Cow, give me some
butter! My cock is lying there and can't even breathe, he has choked
himself with a bean."

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And the cow answered: "Go and ask the hay-makers for some hay."

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And she came to the hay-makers and said: "Hay-makers, give me some hay!
The hay's for the cow who will give me some butter, and the butter's for
my cock who is lying there and can't breathe, he's choked himself with a
bean." And the hay-makers answered: "Go and ask the oven to give you
some loaves."

And she came to the oven and said: "Oven, oven, give me some loaves! The
loaves are for the hay-makers, who will give me some hay, the hay's for
the cow, who will give me some butter, and the butter's for my cock who
is lying there and can't breathe, he's choked himself with a bean."

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And the oven answered: "Go and ask the wood-cutters for some wood."

And she came to the wood cutters and said: "Give me some wood! The
wood's for the oven, who will give me some loaves, the loaves are for
the hay-cutters, who will give me some hay, the hay's for the cow, who
will give me some butter, the butter's for my cock who is lying there
and can't breathe, he's choked himself with a bean."

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And they answered: "Go and ask the smith for an axe, we've nothing to
cut the wood with."

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So she came to the smith and said: "Smith, smith, give me an axe! The
axe is for the wood-cutters, who will give me some wood, the wood's for
the oven, who will give me some loaves, the loaves are for the
hay-makers, who will give me some hay, the hay's for the cow, who will
give me some butter, and the butter's for my cock who is lying there and
can't breathe, he's choked himself with a bean." And he answered: "Go
into the forest and burn me some charcoal."

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So she went into the forest, gathered a bundle of sticks, and burned
some charcoal. Then she took the charcoal to the smith, and he gave her
an axe. She went with the axe to the wood-cutters, and the wood-cutters
gave her some wood. The wood she took to the oven, and the oven gave her
some loaves.

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She took the loaves to the hay-makers, and the hay-makers gave her some
hay. The hay she took to the cow,