`` No , not if you have money . '' `` I 've money enough , '' he replied , `` but your balls are n't round enough . '' Then he took the skulls , placed them on his lathe , and turned them till they were round . `` Now they 'll roll along better , '' said he , `` and houp-la ! now the fun begins . '' He played with them and lost some of his money , but when twelve struck everything vanished before his eyes . He lay down and slept peacefully . The next morning the King came , anxious for news . `` How have you got on this time ? '' he asked . `` I played ninepins , '' he answered , `` and lost a few pence . '' `` Did n't you shudder then ? '' `` No such luck , '' said he ; `` I made myself merry . Oh ! if I only knew what it was to shudder ! '' On the third night he sat down again on his bench , and said , in the most desponding way : `` If I could only shudder ! '' When it got late , six big men came in carrying a coffin . Then he cried : `` Ha ! ha ! that 's most likely my little cousin who only died a few days ago '' ; and beckoning with his finger he called out : `` Come , my small cousin , come . ''
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