` Where , then , are his books ? ' asked Hassebu . ` Many days have passed , and I have thought nothing of them . But look inside and see if they are there . ' So Hassebu looked , and saw they were eaten by insects , all but one book , which he took away and read . He was sitting at home one morning poring over the medicine book , when some neighbours came by and said to his mother : ` Give us this boy , that we may go together to cut wood . ' For wood-cutting was their trade , and they loaded several donkeys with the wood , and sold it in the town . And his mother answered , ` Very well ; to-morrow I will buy him a donkey , and you can all go together . ' So the donkey was bought , and the neighbours came , and they worked hard all day , and in the evening they brought the wood back into the town , and sold it for a good sum of money . And for six days they went and did the like , but on the seventh it rained , and the wood-cutters ran and hid in the rocks , all but Hassebu , who did not mind wetting , and stayed where he was . While he was sitting in the place where the wood-cutters had left him , he took up a stone that lay near him , and idly dropped it on the ground . It rang with a hollow sound , and he called to his companions , and said , ` Come here and listen ; the ground seems hollow ! ' ` Knock again ! ' cried they . And he knocked and listened . ` Let us dig , ' said the boy . And they dug , and found a large pit like a well , filled with honey up to the brim . ` This is better than firewood , ' said they ; ` it will bring us more money . And as you have found it , Hassebu , it is you who must go inside and dip out the honey and give to us , and we will take it to the town and sell it , and will divide the money with you . ' The following day each man brought every bowl and vessel he could find at home , and Hassebu filled them all with honey .
And this he did every day XXXXX three months .
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