So Maie got several servants and clothes fit for a great lady . ` Everything would now be perfect if only we had a little better dwelling for summer . You might build us a two-storey house , and fetch soil to make a garden . Then you might make a little arbour up there to let us have a sea-view ; and we might have a fiddler to fiddle to us of an evening , and a little steamer to take us to church in stormy weather . ' ` Anything more ? ' asked Matte ; but he did everything that his wife wished . The rock Ahtola became so grand and Maie so grand that all the sea-urchins and herring were lost in wonderment . Even Prince was fed on beefsteaks and cream scones till at last he was as round as a butter jar . ` Are you satisfied now ? ' asked Matte . ' I should be quite satisfied , ' said Maie , ` if only I had thirty cows . At least that number is required for such a household . ' ` Go to the fairies , ' said Matte . His wife set out in the new steamer and sang to the sea-king . Next morning thirty cows stood on the shore , all finding food for themselves . ` Know ` st thou , good man , that we are far too cramped on this wretched rock , and where am I to find room for so many cows ? ' ` There is nothing to be done but to pump out the sea . ' ` Rubbish ! ' said his wife . ` Who can pump out the sea ? '
` Try with thy new steamer , there is a pump XXXXX it . '
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