When the droman scholar Splinius the Colder-One already the third month with master Pum Penk and its pupil Mopp Sing spent, him the head hurt already much. Mopp Sing, who carried the master at that time day and night on the shoulders, so that he could grasp the native bushes, measure-interpreted the face expression of the scholarly colder one and a hot bath in Sauerkrautabsud enriched with Knarzwurzn recommended to it. The hot bath eased the scholar and his head felt appreciably more easily, so that he dared to ask: »Master, to which you need this good overview at day and at night?« Whereupon Pum Penk answered: »I feel the enormous strength Tzurmelkurznofferdrumm approach.« When Mopp Sing these words heard, the legs sagged him away. His ears hummed and his breastbone began to burn. »Master, must it be?«, he asked. The master struck him the heels in the sides and Mopp Sing straightened up again. The worst however was that Mopp Sing felt the unrestrained urge to gallop up to the horizon. »My good pupil, I feel likewise your demand. That is the correct attitude; always against the strength!«
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