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PEER
- That's right, don't spare your tongue;
- that does no one any harm.
- Now it's shelving up again-
ASE
- Don't you drop me!
PEER
- Heisan! Hop!
- Now we'll play at Peer and reindeer;-
- [Curvetting.]
- I'm the reindeer, you are Peer!
ASE
- Oh, I'm going clean distraught!
PEER
- There see; now we've reached the shallows;-
- [Wades ashore.]
- come, a kiss now, for the reindeer;
- just to thank him for the ride-
ASE [boxing his ears].
- This is how I thank him!
PEER
- Ow!
- That's a miserable fare!
ASE
- Put me down!
PEER
- First to the weddin