When he reached the gate , he found the whole row of carts standing there , unable to get any further for the stone which lay in the gap . ` What ! ' said Hans , ` can twelve men not move that stone ? ' With that he lifted it and threw it out of hte way , and went on with his burden on his back , and the horses behind him , and arrived at the farm long before any of the others . The squire was walking about there , looking and looking , for he was very curious to know what had happened . Finally , he caught sight of Hans coming along in this fashion , and was so frightened that he did not know what to do , but he shut the gate and put on the bar . When Hans reached the gate of the courtyard , he laid down the trees and hammered at it , but no one came to open it . He then took the trees and tossed them over the barn into the yard , and the cart after them , so that every wheel flew off in a different direction . When the squire saw this , he thought to himself , ` The horses will come the same way if I do n't open the door , ' so he did this . ` Good day , master , ' said Hans , and put the horses into the stable , and went into the kitchen , to get something to eat . At length the other men came home with their loads . When they came in , Hans said to them , ` Do you remember the bargain we made last night ? Which of you is it that 's going to be hanged ? ' ` Oh , ' said they , ` that was only a joke ; it did n't mean anything . ' ` Oh well , it does n't matter , ` said Hans , and there was no more about it . The squire , however , and his wife and the steward , had much to say to each other about the terrible man they had got , and all were agreed that they must get rid of him in some way or other . The steward said that he would manage this all right . Next morning they were to clean the well , and they would use of that opportunity . They would get him down into the well , and then have a big mill-stone ready to throw down on top of him -- that would settle him . After that they could just fill in the well , and then escape being at any expense for his funeral .
Both the squire and his wife thought this a splendid idea , and went about rejoicing at the thought that now they would get rid of XXXXX .
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