They greeted us solemnly.
"Thee has met with trouble," said one of them, who was the elder of the village.

"But I think we can give thee aid." They proved to be past masters at handling hogs.

From one of the halters they contrived a muzzle to prevent the hogs from biting us, and then with their help we caught and muzzled the hogs one by one and boosted them into the wagon.

The good men stayed by us till the horses were hitched up and we were out of the woods and on the highway again.

I had a little money with me and offered to pay them for their kind services, but the elder said: "Nay, friend, thee has had trouble enough already with the lion." And at parting all three said "Fare thee well" very gravely.
We fared on, but not altogether well, for those hungry hogs were now making a terrible uproar.