Are you in want of anything ? ' ` Oh , yes , ' said the merchant ; ' I want nothing so much as money . A merchant has always a use for that . ' ' I can well believe that , ' said the peasant , ` for you had nothing at all to start with . I have brought some with me for that very end . ' With that he emptied his bag of money out upon the table , so that it was all covered with bright dollars . When the merchant saw what kind of man he had before him he began to speak him fair , and invited him to stay with him for some days , so that they might have some more talk together . ` Very well , ' said the peasant , ` but you must call me `` Father . '' ' ' I have neither father nor mother alive , ' said Peter Bull . ' I know that , ' said the man ; ` your real father was sold at Hamburg last Michaelmas , and your real mother died while calving in spring ; but my wife and I have adopted you as our own , and you are our only heir , so you must call me `` Father . '' ' Peter Bull was quite willing to do so , and it was settled that he should keep the money , while the peasant made his will and left to him all that he had , before he went home to his wife , and told her the whole story . She was delighted to hear that it was true enough about Peter Bull -- that he was no other than their own bull-calf . ` You must go at once and tell the clerk , ' said she , ` and pay him the hundred dollars of his own money that he spent upon our son . He has earned them well , and more besides , for all the joy he has given us in having such a son and heir . ' The man agreed with this , and thanked the clerk for all he had done , and gave him two hundred dollars . Then he sold the farm , and removed with his wife to the town where their dear son and heir was living . To him they gave all their wealth , and lived with him till their dying day . The Bird ` Grip ' Translated from the Swedish . It happened once that a king , who had a great kingdom and three sons , became blind , and no human skill or art could restore to him his sight . At last there came to the palace an old woman , who told him that in the whole world there was only one thing that could give him back his sight , and that was to get the bird Grip ; his song would open the King 's eyes .
When the king 's eldest son heard this he offered to bring the bird XXXXX , which was kept in a cage by a king in another country , and carefully guarded as his greatest treasure .
Bull Father Grip Hamburg King Michaelmas day days dollars left