As soon as he saw his house he began to shout from a distance , ` Hallo ! old woman ! Come out and meet me ! ' His wife screamed back : ` You come here , and I 'll give you a good thrashing with the poker ! ' The man walked into the house , hung his sack on a nail , and said , as the crane had taught him : ` Two out of the sack ! ' But not a soul came out of the sack . Then he said again , exactly as the crane had taught him : ` Two out of the sack ! ' His wife , hearing him chattering goodness knows what , took up her wet broom and swept the ground all about him . The man took flight and rushed oft into the field , and there he found the crane marching proudly about , and to him he told his tale . ` Come back to my house , ' said the crane , and so they went to the crane 's house , and as soon as they got there , what did the crane take down from the wall ? Why , he took down a sack , and he said : ` Two out of the sack ! ' And instantly two pretty lads sprang out of the sack , brought in oak tables , on which they laid silken covers , and spread all sorts of delicious dishes and refreshing drinks on them . ` Take this sack , ' said the crane . The man thanked him heartily , took the sack , and went . He had a long way to walk , and as he presently got hungry , he said to the sack , as the crane had taught him : ` Two out of the sack ! ' And instantly two rough men with thick sticks crept out of the bag and began to beat him well , crying as they did so : ` Do n't boast to your cousins of what you have got , One -- two -- Or you 'll find you will catch it uncommonly hot , One -- two -- ' And they beat on till the man panted out : ` Two into the sack . ' The words were hardly out of his mouth , when the two crept back into the sack . Then the man shouldered the sack , and went off straight to his cousin 's house . He hung the sack up on a nail , and said : ` Please have the bathroom heated , cousin . ' The cousin heated the bathroom , and the man went into it , but he neither washed nor rubbed himself , he just sat there and waited .
Meantime his cousin felt hungry , XXXXX she called her daughters , and all four sat down to table .
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