And so towards evening she got the tailor dressed up in a shaggy fur coat , tied a black woollen cloth round his head , and chained him up beside the dog 's kennel . ' There he stood and barked and growled at everyone that moved in his neighbourhood . The neighbour wives knew all about this , and were greatly amused at it . On the day after this the carpenter had been out at work , and came home quite merry ; but as soon as he entered the house his wife clapped her hands together and cried , ` My dear , what makes you look like that ? You are ill . ' The carpenter knew nothing about being ill ; he only thought that he wanted something to eat , so he sat down at the table and began his dinner . His wife sat straight in front of him , with her hands folded , and shook her head , and looked at him with an anxious air . ` You are getting worse , my dear , ' she said ; ` you are quite pale now ; you have a serious illness about you ; I can see it by your looks . ' The husband now began to grow anxious , and thought that perhaps he was not quite well . ` No , indeed , ' said she ; ` it 's high time that you were in bed . ' She then got him to lie down , and piled above him all the bedclothes she could find , and gave him various medicines , while he grew worse and worse . ` You will never get over it , ' said she ; ' I am afraid you are going to die . ' ` Do you think so ? ' said the carpenter ; ' I can well believe it , for I am indeed very poorly . ' In a little while she said again , ` Ah , now I must part with you . Here comes Death . Now I must close your eyes . ' And she did so . The carpenter believed everything that his wife said , and so he believed now that he was dead , and lay still and let her do as she pleased . She got her neighbours summoned , and they helped to lay him in the coffin -- it was one of those he himself had made ; but his wife had bored holes in it to let him get some air .
She made a soft bed under him , and put a coverlet over him , and she folded his hands XXXXX his breast ; but instead of a flower or a psalm-book , she gave him a pint-bottle of brandy in his hands .
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