The King was delighted with the little creature and kept him always beside him , and he soon grew so fond of the little man that he gave him a diamond four times as big as himself . The Hazel-nut child fastened the diamond firmly under the stork 's neck with a ribbon , and when he saw that the other storks were getting ready for their northern flight , he untied the silk cord from his stork 's wings , and away they went , getting nearer home every minute . At length the Hazel-nut child came to his native village ; then he undid the ribbon from the stork 's neck and the diamond fell to the ground ; he covered it first with sand and stones , and then ran to get his parents , so that they might carry the treasure home , for he himself was not able to lift the great diamond . So the Hazel-nut child and his parents lived in happiness and prosperity after this till they died . THE STORY OF BIG KLAUS AND LITTLE KLAUS In a certain village there lived two people who had both the same name . Both were called Klaus , but one owned four horses and the other only one . In order to distinguish the one from the other , the one who had four horses was called Big Klaus , and the one who had only one horse , Little Klaus . Now you shall hear what befell them both , for this is a true story . The whole week through Little Klaus had to plough for Big Klaus , and lend him his one horse ; then Big Klaus lent him his four horses , but only once a week , and that was on Sunday . Hurrah ! how loudly Little Klaus cracked his whip over all the five horses ! for they were indeed as good as his on this one day . The sun shone brightly , and all the bells in the church-towers were pealing ; the people were dressed in their best clothes , and were going to church , with their hymn books under their arms , to hear the minister preach . They saw Little Klaus ploughing with the five horses ; but he was so happy that he kept on cracking his whip , and calling out ` Gee-up , my five horses ! ' ` You must n't say that , ' said Big Klaus . ` Only one horse is yours . ' But as soon as someone else was going by Little Klaus forgot that he must not say it , and called out ` Gee-up , my five horses ! ' ` Now you had better stop that , ' said Big Klaus , ` for if you say it once more I will give your horse such a crack on the head that it will drop down dead on the spot ! ' ' I really wo n't say it again ! ' said Little Klaus .
But as soon as more people passed by , and nodded him good-morning , he became so happy in thinking how well it looked XXXXX have five horses ploughing his field that , cracking his whip , he called out ` Gee-up , my five horses ! '
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