And when he had sung the whole he flew away. In his right claw he had the chain and the shoes in his left, and he flew far away to a mill, and the mill went, “ klipp klapp, klipp klapp, klipp klapp ,” and in the mill sat twenty miller’s men hewing a stone, and cutting, hick hack , hick hack , hick hack , and the mill went klipp klapp , klipp klapp , klipp klapp . Then the bird went and sat on a lime-tree which stood in front of the mill, and sang,

“My mother she killed me,”

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