The grocer 's wife was so terrified that she took her gold earrings out of her ears and put them in her pocket in order to save something . The grocer seized his account books . and the maid her black silk dress . Everyone wanted to save his most valuable possession ; so did the Goblin , and in a few leaps he was up the stairs and in the student 's room . He was standing quietly by the open window looking at the fire that was burning in the neighbour 's house just opposite . The Goblin seized the book lying on the table , put it in his red cap , and clasped it with both hands . The best treasure in the house was saved , and he climbed out on to the roof with it -- on to the chimney . There he sat , lighted up by the flames from the burning house opposite , both hands holding tightly on his red cap , in which lay the treasure ; and now he knew what his heart really valued most -- to whom he really belonged . But when the fire was put out , and the Goblin thought it over -- then -- ' I will divide myself between the two , ' he said . ' I can not quite give up the grocer , because of the jam ! ' And it is just the same with us . We also can not quite give up the grocer -- because of the jam . The House in the Wood From the German of Grimm . A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the borders of a great forest . One morning as he was going to his work , he said to his wife , ` Let our eldest daughter bring me my lunch into the wood ; and so that she shall not lose her way , I will take a bag of millet with me , and sprinkle the seed on the path . ' When the sun had risen high over the forest , the girl set out with a basin of soup . But the field and wood sparrows , the larks and finches , blackbirds and green finches had picked up the millet long ago , and the girl could not find her way . She went on and on , till the sun set and night came on . The trees rustled in the darkness , the owls hooted , and she began to be very much frightened . Then she saw in tile distance a light that twinkled between the trees .
` There must be people living yonder , ' she thought , ` who will take me in for the XXXXX , ' and she began walking towards it .
Goblin Grimm House finches fire morning neighbour night sparrows woodcutter