` Now you see what one gets by doing as one is bid ; if it had not been for me you would have driven the dog away again , and we should have lost the money . After all , I always know what is best . ' ` Nonsense ! ' said her husband ; ` women always think they know best . I should have sold the dog just the same whatever you had told me . Put the money away in a safe place , and do n't talk so much . ' The next day Hans came again ; but though everything had turned out as he had foretold , he found that his father was still not quite satisfied . ` Be off with you ! ' said he , ` you 'll get us into trouble . ' ' I have n't helped you enough yet , ' replied the boy . ` To-morrow there will come a great fat cow , as big as the house . Take it to the king 's palace and you 'll get as much as a thousand dollars for it . Only you must unfasten the halter you lead it with and bring it back , and do n't return by the high road , but through the forest . ' The next day , when the couple rose , they saw an enormous head looking in at their bedroom window , and behind it was a cow which was nearly as big as their hut . Kirsten was wild with joy to think of the money the cow would bring them . ` But how are you going to put the rope over her head ? ' asked she . ` Wait and you 'll see , mother , ' answered her husband . Then Peder took the ladder that led up to the hayloft and set it against the cow 's neck , and he climbed up and slipped the rope over her head . When he had made sure that the noose was fast they started for the palace , and met the king himself walking in his grounds . '
I heard XXXXX the princess was going to be married , ' said Peder , ` so I 've brought your majesty a cow which is bigger than any cow that was ever seen .
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