If I die , I die , and if I live , I live . Here can I think of no plan , so if anything is to kill me , it will kill me . ' Then it knocked twice at the door , and cried ` Open , ' but no one answered . And it cried again , and a voice replied : ` Who are you that are crying `` Open '' ? ' And the gazelle said , ` It is I , great mistress , your grandchild . ' ` If you are my grandchild , ' returned the voice , ` go back whence you came . Do n't come and die here , and bring me to my death as well . ' ` Open , mistress , I entreat , I have something to say to you . ' ` Grandchild , ' replied she , ' I fear to put your life in danger , and my own too . ' ` Oh , mistress , my life will not be lost , nor yours either ; open , I pray you . ' So she opened the door . ` What is the news where you come from , my grandson , ' asked she . ` Great lady , where I come from it is well , and with you it is well . ' ` Ah , my son , here it is not well at all . If you seek a way to die , or if you have not yet seen death , then is to-day the day for you to know what dying is . ' ` If I am to know it , I shall know it , ' replied the gazelle ; ` but tell me , who is the lord of this house ? ' And she said : ` Ah , father ! in this house is much wealth , and much people , and much food , and many horses . And the lord of it all is an exceeding great and wonderful snake . ' ` Oh ! '
cried the gazelle when he heard this ; ` tell me how I can get at the snake to XXXXX him ? '
answered came cried dying entreat go kill lost opened seek