But the girl -LRB- and she was a very pretty girl , though so shabbily dressed -RRB- begged so hard for one of them that at last he said : ` Very well ; give me a kiss and you shall have one of them . ' He could see that she did n't quite care for this , but she consented to the bargain , and gave him the kiss , and went away with a hare in her apron . Scarcely had she got outside the field , however , when Jesper blew his whistle , and immediately the hare wriggled out of its prison like an eel , and went back to its master at the top of its speed . Not long after this the hare-herd had another visit . This time it was a stout old woman in the dress of a peasant , who also was after a hare to provide a dinner for unexpected visitors . Jesper again refused , but the old lady was so pressing , and would take no refusal , that at last he said : ` Very well , you shall have a hare , and pay nothing for it either , if you will only walk round me on tiptoe , look up to the sky , and cackle like a hen . ' ` Fie , ' said she ; ` what a ridiculous thing to ask anyone to do ; just think what the neighbours would say if they saw me . They would think I had taken leave of my senses . ' ` Just as you like , ' said Jesper ; ` you know best whether you want the hare or not . ' There was no help for it , and a pretty figure the old lady made in carrying out her task ; the cackling was n't very well done , but Jesper said it would do , and gave her the hare . As soon as she had left the field , the whistle was sounded again , and back came long-legs-and-ears at a marvellous speed . The next to appear on the same errand was a fat old fellow in the dress of a groom : it was the royal livery he wore , and he plainly thought a good deal of himself . ` Young man , ' said he , ' I want one of those hares ; name your price , but I MUST have one of them . ' ` All right , ' said Jesper ; ` you can have one at an easy rate . Just stand on your head , whack your heels together , and cry `` Hurrah , '' and the hare is yours . ' ` Eh , what ! ' said the old fellow ; ` ME stand on my head , what an idea ! ' ` Oh , very well , ' said Jesper , ` you need n't unless you like , you know ; but then you wo n't get the hare . ' It went very much against the grain , one could see , but after some efforts the old fellow had his head on the grass and his heels in the air ; the whacking and the ` Hurrah ' were rather feeble , but Jesper was not very exacting , and the hare was handed over . Of course , it was n't long in coming back again , like the others .
Evening XXXXX , and home came Jesper with the hundred hares behind him .
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