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Meanwhile, the four-bellied goat has had enough and turns to the five-bellied goat:

– “Let's go home, five-bellied goat, our friends are probably resting at home.”

The five-bellied goat replied:

– “My one belly is not yet full, wait for me, and then we'll go home together.”

– “No, I'm going away”, – replied the four-bellied goat.

She went down the road, and the well-fed wolf was sleeping there. When he heard the footsteps, he woke up and raised his head, saw the goat and rejoiced.

– “God has given me a goat again”, – he said to himself. “She came to me by herself!”

– “Whose goat are you?” – asked the wolf.

– “I'm Gazza's goat.”

– “What's that on your head?”

– “Those are Gazza's pitchfork tips.”

– “What's that dangling between your legs?” – he asked her.

– “And that's a soft udder full of milk for my goat.”

The wolf pounced on the goat, grabbed her and ate her. Meanwhile, the five-bellied goat has had enough and turns to the six-bellied one:

– “Let's go home! It's time for us to go back!”

– “Wait for me a little, my belly is not quite full yet”, – asked the six-bellied one.

– “No”, – replied the six-bellied one, “I'm leaving, I won't wait for you.”

She went home along the familiar road. And the well-fed wolf is already waiting to see if anyone else is coming, and thinks:

“If there is no one else, I will leave here.”

The wolf sees a five-bellied goat coming.

– God has given another one”, – said the wolf to himself. “I'll wait for that goat too. I am fed, but how can I refuse eating it? I'd rather have a stomachache than let that goat live!”

– “Whose goat are you?” – asked the wolf, when the five-bellied goat is close to him.

– “I am Gazza's goat.”

– “And what kind of man is Gazza?”

– “Gazza is a modest man, a hard worker”, – replied the goat.

The wolf was afraid that Gazza might come out of the village and kill him. He looked around and asked the goat:

– “What is that on your head?”

– “Those are Gazza's pitchfork tips.”

– “And what is that dangling between your legs?”