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Bald kamen sie zu der «Rutsche», einer Holzrinne, die das Wasser ins Tal beförderte und schon so viele Lecks hatte, dass sich nach allen Richtungen leuchtend grünes Gras ausbreitete, Futter für eine große Schafherde, die weder dem Auto noch dessen Gehupe Beachtung schenkte.
Presently they came to the “slide,” which was a wooden runway carrying water—with many leaks, so that bright green grass was spread in every direction, and made food for a big flock of sheep, which paid no attention to the car, nor to all the tooting—the silly fools, they just would get under your wheels!
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