I am going into service , ' said Hans . ` Then you can come and serve me , ' replied the man . Well , Hans could do that ; but what would his wages be ? ` Two pounds a year , and nothing to do but keep some rooms clean , ' said the new-comer . This seemed to Hans to be easy enough ; so he agreed to enter the old man 's service , and they set out together . On their way they crossed a deep valley and came to a mountain , where the man opened a trapdoor , and bidding Hans follow him , he crept in and began to go down a long flight of steps . When they got to the bottom Hans saw a large number of rooms lit by many lamps and full of beautiful things . While he was looking round the old man said to him : ` Now you know what you have to do . You must keep these rooms clean , and strew sand on the floor every day . Here is a table where you will always find food and drink , and there is your bed . You see there are a great many suits of clothes hanging on the wall , and you may wear any you please ; but remember that you are never to open this locked door . If you do ill will befall you . Farewell , for I am going away again and can not tell when I may return . No sooner had the old man disappeared than Hans sat down to a good meal , and after that went to bed and slept until the morning . At first he could not remember what had happened to him , but by-and-by he jumped up and went into all the rooms , which he examined carefully . ` How foolish to bid me to put sand on the floors , ' he thought , ` when there is nobody here by myself ! I shall do nothing of the sort . ' And so he shut the doors quickly , and only cleaned and set in order his own room . And after the first few days he felt that that was unnecessary too , because no one came there to see if the rooms where clean or not . At last he did no work at all , but just sat and wondered what was behind the locked door , till he determined to go and look for himself .
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