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Thedwarflookedattheherbthoughtfully.Asweetscentassailedhisnostrilsandremindedhimofthesceneofhistransformation;thestalk,too,oftheplantwasofabluish-greencolouranditboreabrightredflower,fleckedwithyellow.
"Mimi,"saidhe,"bygreatgoodfortuneIdobelievewehavechancedupontheveryherbthatchangedmefromasquirrelintothecreatureIamnow.ShallImakeatrialofit?"
"Notyet,"repliedthegoose."Takeahandfuloftheherbswithyouandletusgobacktoyourroom.Thereyoucancollectyourmoneyandallthatyoupossessandthenwewilltrythepoweroftheherb."
Theyreturnedtothedwarf’sroom,hewithaheartbeating-loudlywithexcitement.Hetookbetweenfiftyandsixtyducatshehadsaved,andtiedthemupinabundlewithsomeofhisclothes,thensaying-:"Maygoodfortuneaidmetoberidofmyburden,"hethrusthisnoseintothebunchofherbsandsniffedtheirfragrance.Thenhislimbsandjointsbegantocrackandstretch,hecouldfeelhisheadrising-frombetweenhisshoulders,squintingdownhisnosehecouldseeitgrowingsmallerandsmaller,hisbackandcheststraightenedthemselvesout.andhislegsbecamelonger.Thegooselookedoninastonishment."Oh!howtallandhandsomeyouare,"shecried,"thereisnotthefaintestresemblancelefttothedwarfLong–Nose."
AsforJacob,hewasbesidehimselfwithjoy;buthedidnotforgetthethanksheowedtoMimi.Hisfirstimpulsewastogotohisparents,butgratitudeurg-edhimtosup)ressthiswish.
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