asked the girl . ` Do you want to know everything ? ' her husband said . ` Well , if you must know , my heart is in the bed-cover . ' When the old man had gone out about his business his bride passed her time in embroidering beautiful flowers on the bed quilt to make his heart happy . The old man was much amused . He laughed , and said to her : ` You are a good child , but I was only joking . My heart is really in -- in -- ' ` Now where is it , dear husband ? ' ` It is in the doorway , ' he replied . Next day , while he was out , the girl decorated the door with gay feathers and fresh flowers , and hung garlands upon it . And on his return the old fellow asked what it all meant . ' I did it to show my love for your heart , ' said the girl . And again the old man smiled , saying , ` You are a dear child , but my heart is not in the doorway . ' Then the poor young bride was very vexed , and said , ` Ah , my dear ! you really have a heart somewhere , so you may die and leave me all alone . ' The old man did his best to comfort her by repeating all he had said before , but she begged him afresh to tell her truly where his heart was and at last he told her . ` Far , far from here , ' said he , ` in a lonely spot , stands a great church , as old as old can be . Its doors are of iron , and round it runs a deep moat , spanned by no bridge . Within that church is a bird which flies up and down ; it never eats , and never drinks , and never dies . No one can catch it , and while that bird lives so shall I , for in it is my heart . '
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