So the next morning she got up early , and after she had cleaned her house , and fed her chickens , and put everything in its place again , she bent over the kitchen table , and the sound of her big scissors might be heard snip ! snap ! as far as the garden . Her husband could not see anything to snip at ; but then he was so stupid that was not surprising ! After the cutting came the sewing . The woman patted and pinned and fixed and joined , and then , turning to the man , she said : ` Now it is ready for you to try on . ' And she made him take off his coat , and stand up in front of her , and once more she patted an pinned and fixed and joined , and was very careful in smoothing out every wrinkle . ` It does not feel very warm , ' observed the man at last , when he had borne all this patiently for a long time . ` That is because it is so fine , ' answered she ; ` you do not want it to be as thick as the rough clothes you wear every day . ' He DID , but was ashamed to say so , and only answered : ` Well , I am sure it must be beautiful since you say so , and I shall be smarter than anyone in the whole village . `` What a splendid coat ! '' they will exclaim when they see me . But it is not everybody who has a wife as clever as mine . ' Meanwhile the other wife was not idle . As soon as her husband entered she looked at him with such a look of terror that the poor man was quite frightened . ` Why do you stare at me so ? Is there anything the matter ? ' asked he . ` Oh ! go to bed at once , ' she cried ; ` you must be very ill indeed to look like that ! '
The man was rather surprised XXXXX first , as he felt particularly well that evening ; but the moment his wife spoke he became quite certain that he had something dreadful the matter with him , and grew quite pale . '
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