-LRB- Japanische Marchen . -RRB- THE STORY OF A GAZELLE Once upon a time there lived a man who wasted all his money , and grew so poor that his only food was a few grains of corn , which he scratched like a fowl from out of a dust-heap . One day he was scratching as usual among a dust-heap in the street , hoping to find something for breakfast , when his eye fell upon a small silver coin , called an eighth , which he greedily snatched up . ` Now I can have a proper meal , ' he thought , and after drinking some water at a well he lay down and slept so long that it was sunrise before he woke again . Then he jumped up and returned to the dust-heap . ` For who knows , ' he said to himself , ` whether I may not have some good luck again . ' As he was walking down the road , he saw a man coming towards him , carrying a cage made of twigs . ` Hi ! you fellow ! ' called he , ` what have you got inside there ? ' ` Gazelles , ' replied the man . ` Bring them here , for I should like to see them . ' As he spoke , some men who were standing by began to laugh , saying to the man with the cage : ` You had better take care how you bargain with him , for he has nothing at all except what he picks up from a dust-heap , and if he ca n't feed himself , will he be able to feed a gazelle ? ' But the man with the cage made answer : ` Since I started from my home in the country , fifty people at the least have called me to show them my gazelles , and was there one among them who cared to buy ? It is the custom for a trader in merchandise to be summoned hither and thither , and who knows where one may find a buyer ? ' And he took up his cage and went towards the scratcher of dust-heaps , and the men went with him . ` What do you ask for your gazelles ? ' said the beggar . ` Will you let me have one for an eighth ? ' And the man with the cage took out a gazelle , and held it out , saying , ` Take this one , master ! '
And the beggar took it and carried it to the XXXXX , where he scratched carefully till he found a few grains of corn , which he divided with his gazelle .
GAZELLE Gazelles Marchen STORY beggar care day dust-heap dust-heaps eighth