Do you scorn your good fortune ? Well , then , remain a ragamuffin all your days . '' ` He turned as if to go away from me , then came back again and said : `` Bethink yourself , bethink yourself , rogue . I will fill your knapsack -- I will fill your pouch . '' ' `` Away from me , monster , '' I answered , `` I will have nothing to do with you . '' ` When the apparition saw that I gave no heed to him he ceased to urge me , saying only : `` Some day you will rue this , '' and looked at me sadly . Then he cried : `` Listen to what I say , and lay it well to heart , it may be of use to you when you come to your senses . A vast treasure of gold and precious stones lies in safety deep under the earth . At twilight and at high noon it is hidden , but at midnight it may be dug up . For seven hundred years have I watched over it , but now my time has come ; it is common property , let him find it who can . So I thought to give it into your hand , having a kindness for you because you feed your flock upon my mountain . '' ` Thereupon the spectre told me exactly where the treasure lay , and how to find it . It might be only yesterday so well do I remember every word he spoke . ' `` Go towards the little mountains , '' said he , `` and ask there for the Black King 's Valley , and when you come to a tiny brook follow the stream till you reach the stone bridge beside the saw-mill . Do not cross the bridge , but keep to your right along the bank till a high rock stands before you . A bow-shot from that you will discover a little hollow like a grave . When you find this hollow dig it out ; but it will be hard work , for the earth has been pressed down into it with care . Still , work away till you find solid rock on all sides of you , and soon you will come to a square slab of stone ; force it out of the wall , and you will stand at the entrance of the treasure house . Into this opening you must crawl , holding a lamp in your mouth . Keep your hands free lest you knock your nose against a stone , for the way is steep and the stones sharp .
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