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magic. But you must keep me constantly employed. The moment you fail to give me work, I will kill you.” The man said :-“Build me a palace," and the ghost said, “It is done; the palace is built.” “Bring me money," said the man. “Here is your money," said the ghost. "Cut 'this forest down, and build a city in its place." "That is done,” said the ghost ; "anything more?" Now the man began to be frightened and said :--"I can give him nothing more to do; he does everything in a trice.” The ghost said :-"Give me something to do or I will eat you up."'. 'The poor man could find no further occupation for him, and was frightened. So he ran and ran and at last reached the sage, and said, “Oh, sir, protect my life!” The sage asked him what the matter was, and the man replied :"I have nothing to give the ghost to do. Everything I tell him to do he does in a moment, and he threatens to eat me up if I do not give him work.” Just then the ghost arrived, saying, “I'll éat you up," and he would have swallowed the
