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Updated: June 24, 2025
I dragged my limbs along and it was as much as I could do to keep up with my new master. Yet I did not like to ask him to let me stop. "It's those wooden shoes that tire you," he said, looking down at me. "When we get to Ussel, I'll buy you some shoes." These words gave me courage. I had always longed for a pair of shoes.
When I told him that if it were a real tail he would probably get a kick in the stomach or on his head, his imagination cooled somewhat. It was several years since I had arrived at Ussel with Vitalis, where he had bought me my first pair of shoes with nails. Alas! out of the six of us who started, Capi and I were the only ones left.
Vitalis' small group of actors were certainly very clever, but their talent was not very versatile. For this reason we were not able to remain long in the same town. Three days after our arrival in Ussel we were on our way again. Where were we going? I had grown bold enough to put this question to my master. "Do you know this part of the country?" he asked, looking at me. "No."
"You take charge of the other; I'll question him later." I was alone with the prosecutor. Fixing me with his eye, he told me that I was accused of having stolen a cow. I told him that we bought the animal at the fair at Ussel, and I named the veterinarian who had assisted us in the purchase. "That will be verified," he replied. "And now what made you buy that cow?"
I explained that from Paris to Varses and from Varses to Ussel we had collected this sum, sou by sou. "But what were you doing in Varses?" he asked. Then I was forced to tell him that I had been in a mine accident. "Which of you two is Remi?" he asked, in a softened voice. "I am, sir," I replied. "To prove that, you tell me how the catastrophe occurred.
Where was the welcome shop where I should find the shoes with nails that Vitalis had promised me? I glanced about in every direction as we passed down the old streets of Ussel. Suddenly my master turned into a shop behind the market. Hanging outside the front were some old guns, a coat trimmed with gold braid, several lamps, and some rusty keys.
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