The Magic Book -LSB- From Capullos de Rosa , por D. Enrique Ceballos Quintana . -RSB- -LSB- From AEventyr fra Zylland samlede og optegnede af Tang Kristensen . Translated from the Danish by Mrs. Skavgaard-Pedersen . -RSB- There was once an old couple named Peder and Kirsten who had an only son called Hans . From the time he was a little boy he had been told that on his sixteenth birthday he must go out into the world and serve his apprenticeship . So , one fine summer morning , he started off to seek his fortune with nothing but the clothes he wore on his back . For many hours he trudged on merrily , now and then stopping to drink from some clear spring or to pick some ripe fruit from a tree . The little wild creatures peeped at him from beneath the bushes , and he nodded and smiled , and wished them ` Good-morning . ' After he had been walking for some time he met an old white-bearded man who was coming along the footpath . The boy would not step aside , and the man was determined not to do so either , so they ran against one another with a bump . ` It seems to me , ' said the old fellow , ` that a boy should give way to an old man . ' ` The path is for me as well as for you , ' answered young Hans saucily , for he had never been taught politeness . ` Well , that 's true enough , ' answered the other mildly . ` And where are you going ? ' ' I am going into service , ' said Hans . ` Then you can come and serve me , ' replied the man . Well , Hans could do that ; but what would his wages be ? ` Two pounds a year , and nothing to do but keep some rooms clean , ' said the new-comer . This seemed to Hans to be easy enough ; so he agreed to enter the old man 's service , and they set out together . On their way they crossed a deep valley and came to a mountain , where the man opened a trapdoor , and bidding Hans follow him , he crept in and began to go down a long flight of steps .
When they got XXXXX the bottom Hans saw a large number of rooms lit by many lamps and full of beautiful things .
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