content: the unwonted sound , ringing out in the stillness of the night , roused the household , and the goodman and his six sons came tumbling down the wooden stairs , shouting to one another in confusion that someone was stealing go - swift . the farmer was the first to reach the door ; and when he saw , in the starlight , the vanishing form of his favourite steed , he cried at the top of his voice : " stop thief , ho ! go - swift , whoa ! " and when go - swift heard that she pulled up in a moment . all seemed lost , for the farmer and his sons could run very fast indeed , and it seemed to assipattle , sitting motionless on go - swift 's back , that they would very soon make up on him . but , luckily , he remembered the goose 's thrapple , and he pulled it out of his pocket and whistled through it . in an instant the good mare bounded forward , swift as the wind , and was over the hill and out of reach of its pursuers before they had taken ten steps more .
answer: angry .
question: how did assipattle's father feel when his favourite steed was stolen ?
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