I can not quite give up the grocer , because of the jam ! ' And it is just the same with us . We also can not quite give up the grocer -- because of the jam . The House in the Wood From the German of Grimm . A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the borders of a great forest . One morning as he was going to his work , he said to his wife , ` Let our eldest daughter bring me my lunch into the wood ; and so that she shall not lose her way , I will take a bag of millet with me , and sprinkle the seed on the path . ' When the sun had risen high over the forest , the girl set out with a basin of soup . But the field and wood sparrows , the larks and finches , blackbirds and green finches had picked up the millet long ago , and the girl could not find her way . She went on and on , till the sun set and night came on . The trees rustled in the darkness , the owls hooted , and she began to be very much frightened . Then she saw in tile distance a light that twinkled between the trees . ` There must be people living yonder , ' she thought , ` who will take me in for the night , ' and she began walking towards it . Not long afterwards she came to a house with lights in the windows . She knocked at the door , and a gruff voice called , ` Come in ! ' The girl stepped into the dark entrance , and tapped at the door of the room . ` Just walk in , ' cried the voice , and when she opened the door there sat an old gray-haired man at the table . His face was resting on his hands , and his white beard flowed over the table almost down to the ground . By the stove lay three beasts , a hen , a cock , and a brindled cow . The girl told the old man her story , and asked for a night 's lodging . The man said : Pretty cock , Pretty hen , And you , pretty brindled cow , What do you say now ?
` Duks , ' answered the beasts ; and XXXXX must have meant , ` We are quite willing , ' for the old man went on , ` Here is abundance ; go into the back kitchen and cook us a supper . '
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