A hundred ! ' exclaimed Martin . ` Well , so be it , if you will not take less ; ' and , taking the money out of his pocket , he handed it over in exchange for the dog , whose name was Schurka . When Martin got home , his mother met him with the question : ` Well , what have you bought ? ' ` Schurka , the dog , ' replied Martin , pointing to his new possession . Whereupon his mother became very angry , and abused him roundly . He ought to be ashamed of himself , when there was scarcely a handful of meal in the house , to have spent the money on a useless brute like that . On the following day she sent him back to the town , saying , ` Here , take our last hundred florins , and buy provisions with them . I have just emptied the last grains of meal out of the chest , and baked a bannock ; but it wo n't last over to-morrow . ' Just as Martin was entering the town he met a rough-looking peasant who was dragging a cat after him by a string which was fastened round the poor beast 's neck . ` Stop , ' cried Martin ; ` where are you dragging that poor cat ? ' ' I mean to drown him , ' was the answer . ` What harm has the poor beast done ? ' said Martin . ` It has just killed a goose , ' replied the peasant . ` Do n't drown him , sell him to me instead , ' begged Martin . ` Not for a hundred florins , ' was the answer . ` Surely for a hundred florins you 'll sell it ? ' said Martin . ` See !
here is the money ; ' and , so saying , he handed him the hundred florins , which the peasant pocketed , and XXXXX took possession of the cat , which was called Waska .
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