` Well , and what is it that you want ? ' ' I want to know why other people have all the luck , and only misfortunes happen to me ! ' The Holy Man did not answer , but went into an inner cave , from which he came out bearing something in his hand . ` Do you see this basket ? ' said he . ` It is a magical basket , and if you are hungry you have only got to say : `` Little basket , little basket , do your duty , '' and you will eat the best dinner you ever had in your life . But when you have had enough , be sure you do n't forget to cry out : `` That will do for to-day . '' Oh ! -- and one thing more -- you need not show it to everybody and declare that I have give it to you . Do you understand ? ' Father Grumbler was always accustomed to think of himself as so unlucky that he did not know whether the Holy Man was not playing a trick upon him ; but he took the basket without being polite enough to say either ` Thank you , ' or ` Good-morning , ' and went away . However , he only waited till he was out of sight of the cave before he stooped down and whispered : ` Little basket , little basket , do your duty . ' Now the basket had a lid , so that he could not see what was inside , but he heard quite clearly strange noises , as if a sort of scuffling was going on . Then the lid burst open , and a quantity of delicious little white rolls came tumbling out one after the other , followed by a stream of small fishes all ready cooked . What a quantity there were to be sure ! The whole road was covered with them , and the banks on each side were beginning to disappear . Father Grumbler felt quite frightened at the torrent , but at last he remembered what the Holy Man had told him , and cried at the top of his voice : ` Enough ! enough ! That will do for to-day ! ' And the lid of the basket closed with a snap .
Father Grumbler sighed with relief and happiness as he looked around him , and sitting down on a heap XXXXX stones , he ate till he could eat no more .
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