I will have no thieves in my house ! ' ` Well I only came to help you , ' replied the boy sulkily . ` Now I 'll be off , as you wish ; but to-morrow morning when you rise you will see a great dog at the door . Do not drive it away , but take it to the castle and sell it to the duke , and they will give you ten dollars for it ; only you must bring the strap you lead it with , back to the house . ' Sure enough the next day the dog was standing at the door waiting to be let in . The old man was rather afraid of getting into trouble , but his wife urged him to sell the dog as the boy had bidden him , so he took it up to the castle and sold it to the duke for ten dollars . But he did not forget to take off the strap with which he had led the animal , and to carry it home . When he got there old Kirsten met him at the door . ` Well , Peder , and have you sold the dog ? ' asked she . ` Yes , Kirsten ; and I have brought back ten dollars , as the boy told us , ' answered Peder . ` Ay ! but that 's fine ! ' said his wife . ` Now you see what one gets by doing as one is bid ; if it had not been for me you would have driven the dog away again , and we should have lost the money . After all , I always know what is best . ' ` Nonsense ! ' said her husband ; ` women always think they know best . I should have sold the dog just the same whatever you had told me . Put the money away in a safe place , and do n't talk so much . '
The next day Hans came again ; but though everything had turned out XXXXX he had foretold , he found that his father was still not quite satisfied .
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