The girl cooked a good meal , ate and drank with the old man , and did not trouble herself about the animals . And when she asked for a bed , they replied : You have eaten with him You have drunk with him , Of us you have not thought , Now sleep as you ought ! And when she was asleep , the old man shook his head over her , and let her fall into the cellar . On the third morning the woodcutter said to his wife , ` Send our youngest child to-day with my dinner . She is always good and obedient , and will keep to the right path , and not wander away like her sisters , idle drones ! ' But the mother said , ` Must I lose my dearest child too ? ' ` Do not fear , ' he answered ; ` she is too clever and intelligent to lose her way . I will take plenty of peas with me and strew them along ; they are even larger than lentils , and will show her the way . ' But when the maiden started off with the basket on her arm , the wood pigeons had eaten up the peas , and she did not know which way to go . She was much distressed , and thought constantly of her poor hungry father and her anxious mother . At last , when it grew dark , she saw the little light , and came to the house in the wood . She asked prettily if she might stay there for the night , and the man with the white beard asked his beasts again : Pretty cock , Pretty hen , And you , pretty brindled cow , What do you say now ? ` Duks , ' they said . Then the maiden stepped up to the stove where the animals were lying , and stroked the cock and the hen , and scratched the brindled cow between its horns . And when at the bidding of the old man she had prepared a good supper , and the dishes were standing on the table , she said , ` Shall I have plenty while the good beasts have nothing ? There is food to spare outside ; I will attend to them first . ' Then she went out and fetched barley and strewed it before the cock and hen , and brought the cow an armful of sweet-smelling hay . ` Eat that , dear beasts , ' she said , ' and when you are thirsty you shall have a good drink . ' Then she fetched a bowl of water , and the cock and hen flew on to the edge , put their beaks in , and then held up their heads as birds do when they drink , and the brindled cow also drank her fill . When the beasts were satisfied , the maiden sat down beside the old man at the table and ate what was left for her .
Soon the cock and hen began XXXXX tuck their heads under their wings , and the brindled cow blinked its eyes , so the maiden said , ` Shall we not go to rest now ? '
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