Scene VI.
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One day, while the sheep are out on the hills, a heavy storm comes on, and the low ground between the hills is quickly flooded. Willie goes out to bring in his master’s sheep, but by the time he has collected them, the water is pouring on like a river in a narrow valley which separates them from the farm. “How I wish the hands would help me now!” thinks Willie. In a moment the giant hands spread themselves over the turbid water, forming a bridge. He drives the sheep across, and reaches the farm in safety, to the joy of all, for they have given him up for lost.
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