“oh! sir,” says one, “the pigs have all gone!” “but,” says the master, “where have they gone?” “they have run down into the sea.” “but who drove them down?” “oh! sir, that wonderful man.” “well, what sort of a man was he? what did he do?” “why, sir, he came and talked such strange things, and the whole herd ran suddenly down the steep place into the sea.” “what, the old black boar and all?” “yes, sir, the old black boar has gone too; for as we looked round, we just saw the end of his tail going over the cliff.” now that is going to an extreme. so, again, 