The Goblin seized the book lying on the table , put it in his red cap , and clasped it with both hands . The best treasure in the house was saved , and he climbed out on to the roof with it -- on to the chimney . There he sat , lighted up by the flames from the burning house opposite , both hands holding tightly on his red cap , in which lay the treasure ; and now he knew what his heart really valued most -- to whom he really belonged . But when the fire was put out , and the Goblin thought it over -- then -- ' I will divide myself between the two , ' he said . ' I can not quite give up the grocer , because of the jam ! ' And it is just the same with us . We also can not quite give up the grocer -- because of the jam . The House in the Wood From the German of Grimm . A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the borders of a great forest . One morning as he was going to his work , he said to his wife , ` Let our eldest daughter bring me my lunch into the wood ; and so that she shall not lose her way , I will take a bag of millet with me , and sprinkle the seed on the path . ' When the sun had risen high over the forest , the girl set out with a basin of soup . But the field and wood sparrows , the larks and finches , blackbirds and green finches had picked up the millet long ago , and the girl could not find her way . She went on and on , till the sun set and night came on . The trees rustled in the darkness , the owls hooted , and she began to be very much frightened . Then she saw in tile distance a light that twinkled between the trees . ` There must be people living yonder , ' she thought , ` who will take me in for the night , ' and she began walking towards it . Not long afterwards she came to a house with lights in the windows . She knocked at the door , and a gruff voice called , ` Come in ! ' The girl stepped into the dark entrance , and tapped at the door of the room . ` Just walk in , ' cried the voice , and when she opened the door there sat an old gray-haired man at the table .
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