text:  But once there came certain evil-disposed persons who in the night sawed the bough through so that it held but weakly on to the trunk; and when the unsuspecting creatures upon the morrow settled themselves down upon it the bough cracked in two the dwarfs tumbled to the ground were heartily laughed at fell into violent anger and cried aloud-- 'O how is the heaven high and long! And falsehood waxen on earth so strong! Here to-day and for ever away!' They kept their word and never again made their appearance in the country