asked Matte . ` She could not swim so far , and our boat is not large enough to bring her over here ; and even if we had her , we have nothing to feed her on . ' ` We have four alder bushes and sixteen tufts of grass , ' rejoined Maie . ` Yes , of course , ' laughed Matte , ` and we have also three plants of garlic . Garlic would be fine feeding for her . ' ` Every cow likes salt herring , ' rejoined his wife . ` Even Prince is fond of fish . ' ` That may be , ' said her husband . ` Methinks she would soon be a dear cow if we had to feed her on salt herring . All very well for Prince , who fights with the gulls over the last morsel . Put the cow out of your head , mother , we are very well off as we are . ' Maie sighed . She knew well that her husband was right , but she could not give up the idea of a cow . The buttermilk no longer tasted as good as usual in the coffee ; she thought of sweet cream and fresh butter , and of how there was nothing in the world to be compared with them . One day as Matte and his wife were cleaning herring on the shore they heard Prince barking , and soon there appeared a gaily painted boat with three young men in it , steering towards the rock . They were students , on a boating excursion , and wanted to get something to eat . ` Bring us a junket , good mother , ' cried they to Maie . ` Ah ! if only I had such a thing ! ' sighed Maie . '
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