suggested the innkeeper , when they had finished admiring the beauty of the cock , for they pretended not to have seen the gold or the diamonds . And Father Grumbler , nothing loth , drank one glass after another , till his head fell forward on the table , and once more he was sound asleep . Then the woman gently coaxed the cock from the basket and carried it off to her own poultry yard , from which she brought one exactly like it , and popped it in its place . Night was falling when the man awoke , and throwing proudly some grains of gold on the table to pay for the wine he had drunk , he tucked the cock comfortably into his basket and set out for home . His wife and all the children were waiting for him at the door , and as soon as she caught sight of him she broke out : ` You are a nice man to go wasting your time and your money drinking in that tavern , and leaving us to starve ! Are n't you ashamed of yourself ? ' ` You do n't know what you are talking of , ' he answered . ` Money ? Why , I have gold and diamonds now , as much as I want . Do you see that cock ? Well , you have only to say to him , `` Show me what you can do , cock , '' and something splendid will happen . ' Neither wife nor children were inclined to put much faith in him after their last experience ; however , they thought it was worth trying , and did as he told them . The cock flew round the room like a mad thing , and crowed till their heads nearly split with the noise ; but no gold or diamonds dropped on the brick floor -- not the tiniest grain of either . Father Grumbler stared in silence for an instant , and then he began to swear so loudly that even his family , accustomed as they were to his language , wondered at him . At last he grew a little quieter , but remained as puzzled as ever . ` Can I have forgotten the words ? But I KNOW that was what he said ! And I saw the diamonds with my own eyes ! ' Then suddenly he seized the cock , shut it into the basket , and rushed out of the house . His heavy wooden shoes clattered as he ran along the road , and he made such haste that the stars were only just beginning to come out when he reached the cave of the Holy Man .
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