1 ` What is it ? '
2 answered he .
3 ` The ogre is coming after us .
4 I saw him . '
5 ` But where is he ?
6 I do n't see him . '
7 ` Over there .
8 He only looks about as tall as a needle . '
9 Then they both began to run as fast as they could , while the ogre and his dog kept drawing always nearer .
10 A few more steps , and he would have been by their side , when Dschemila threw the darning needle behind her .
11 In a moment it became an iron mountain between them and their enemy .
12 ` We will break it down , my dog and I , ' cried the ogre in a rage , and they dashed at the mountain till they had forced a path through , and came ever nearer and nearer .
13 ` Cousin ! '
14 said Dschemila suddenly .
15 ` What is it ? '
16 ` The ogre is coming after us with his dog . '
17 ` You go on in front then , ' answered he ; and they both ran on as fast as they could , while the ogre and the dog drew always nearer and nearer .
18 ` They are close upon us ! '
19 cried the maiden , glancing behind , ` you must throw the pin . '
20 So Dschemil took the pin from his cloak and threw it behind him , and a dense thicket of thorns sprang up round them , which the ogre and his dog could not pass through . '
21 I will get through it somehow , if I burrow underground , ' cried he , and very soon he and the XXXXX were on the other side .	dog		Cousin|cloak|dog|maiden|mountain|needle|path|pin|side|steps

