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When the witch and the young lady heard of his beautiful salad,

they longed to taste it, and said, 'Dear countryman, let us just

taste it.' 'To be sure,' answered he; 'I have two heads of it

with me, and will give you one'; so he opened his bag and gave

them the bad. Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to

be dressed; and when it was ready she could not wait till it was

carried up, but took a few leaves immediately and put them in her

mouth, and scarcely were they swallowed when she lost her own

form and ran braying down into the court in the form of an ass.

Now the servant-maid came into the kitchen, and seeing the salad

ready, was going to carry it up; but on the way she too felt a

wish to taste it as the old woman had done, and ate some leaves;

so she also was turned into an ass and ran after the other,

letting the dish with the salad fall on the ground.