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After a lot of thought, the animals found a way to get rid of the robbers. The donkey stood with his fore-feet on the windowsill4, the dog jumped on to his back, the cat climbed on to the dog and
finally the cockerel flew onto the cat.
And at once they began their music; the donkey brayed, the dog barked, the cat meowed, and the cockerel crowed. Then
they crashed through the window into the room. The robbers, frightened by the terrible noise, jumped up and fled into the woods. The four friends sat down at the table and helped themselves to the food the robbers had left. Then they put out the light, and each of
them looked for a comfortable place to sleep.
The robbers saw from a distance that the light was no longer burning. The chief robber ordered one of the others to investigate5. The robber found all was quiet. He went into the kitchen to light a candle. And taking the cat’s glowing, fiery eyes for burning coals he held a match to one of them to ignite the
matchstick. But the cat woke up with a start, and jumped up and scratched his face.
The robber was terrified and tried to escape by the back door. But the dog who was lying there jumped up and bit his leg. And as he passed the donkey in the yard it gave him a sound kick with his hind legs. The cockerel who was woken up by the commotion6, thought it was morning and crowed, “Cock-a-doodle-doo.”