By-and-by the young man spoke : ` Look here , old hag ; if you say anything to your son about my having struck you , or about my not being the old shepherd , I 'll kill you ! ' ` Oh , no , of course I wo n't say anything ! ' When they got back , the son said to his mother : ` That is a good shepherd I 've got , is n't he ? ' ` Oh , a splendid shepherd ! ' answered she . ` Why , look how fat the sheep are , and how much milk they give ! ' ` Yes , indeed ! ' replied the son , as he rose to get supper for his mother and the shepherd . In the time of Mohammed 's uncle , the shepherd had had nothing to eat but the scraps left by the old woman ; but the new shepherd was not going to be content with that . ` You will not touch the food till I have had as much as I want , ' whispered he . ` Very good ! ' replied she . And when he had had enough , he said : ` Now , eat ! ' But she wept , and cried : ` That was not written in your contract . You were only to have what I left ! ' ` If you say a word more , I will kill you ! ' said he . The next day he took the old woman on his back , and drove the sheep in front of him till he was some distance from the house , when he let her fall , and said : ` Quick ! go and mind the sheep ! ' Then he took a ram , and killed it .
He lit a fire and broiled some of its flesh , and called XXXXX the old woman : ` Come and eat with me ! '
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