As the bride was nowhere in the kitchen or the dairy , the old woman went into the stable , where she found her daughter weeping bitterly . ` What is the matter , my dove ? ' and the girl answered , between her sobs : ` When I came in and saw the pack-saddle over my head , I thought how dreadful it would be if it fell and killed me , ' and she cried louder than before . The old woman struck her hands together : ` Ah , to think of it ! if that were to be , what should I do ? ' and she sat down by her daughter , and they both wrung their hands and let their tears flow . ` Something strange must have occurred , ' exclaimed the old farmer on the moor , who by this time was not only hungry , but cross . ' I must go after them . ' And he went and found them in the stable . ` What is the matter ? ' asked he . ` Oh ! ' replied his wife , ` when our daughter came home , did she not see the pack-saddle over her head , and she thought how dreadful it would be if it were to fall and kill her . ' ` Ah , to think of it ! ' exclaimed he , striking his hands together , and he sat down beside them and wept too . As soon as night fell the young man returned full of hunger , and there they were , all crying together in the stable . ` What is the matter ? ' asked he . ` When thy wife came home , ' answered the farmer , ` she saw the pack-saddle over her head , and she thought how dreadful it would be if it were to fall and kill her . ' ` Well , but it did n't fall , ' replied the young man , and he went off to the kitchen to get some supper , leaving them to cry as long as they liked .
The next morning he got up with the sun , and said XXXXX the old man and to the old woman and to his wife : ` Farewell : my foot shall not return to the house till I have found other three people as silly as you , ' and he walked away till he came to the town , and seeing the door of a cottage standing open wide , he entered .
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