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All at once she jumped to her feet, and ran at full speed down the hill / and into the wood. She heard howlings and yellings on all sides of her, / but she ran straight on, as near as she could judge. Her spirits rose / as she ran. Suddenly she saw before her, in the dusk of the thick wood, / a group of some dozen wolves and hyenas, standing all together right in / her way, with their green eyes fixed upon her staring. She faltered one / step, then bethought her of what the wise woman had promised, and / keeping straight on, dashed right into the middle of them. They fled / howling, as if she had struck them with fire. She was no more afraid / after that, and ere the sun was up she was out of the wood and upon the / heath, which no bad thing could step upon and live. With the first peep / of the sun above the horizon, she saw the little cottage before her, / and ran as fast as she could run towards it, When she came near it, she / saw that the door was open, and ran straight into the outstretched arms / of the wise woman.
The wise woman kissed her and stroked her hair, set her down by the / fire, and gave her a bowl of bread and milk.