` Why , where are my clothes ? ' asked he . ` Silly that you are , they are on your back , of course , ' answered the woman . ` Are they ? ' said he . ` They are , ' said she , ` and make haste lest the burying be ended before you get there . ' Then off he went , running hard , and when the mourners saw a man coming towards them with nothing on but his nightshirt , they forgot in their fright what they were there for , and fled to hide themselves . And the naked man stood alone at the head of the coffin . Very soon a man came out of the wood and spoke to him . ` Do you know me ? ' ` Not I , ' answered the naked man . ' I do not know you . ' ` But why are you naked ? ' asked the first man . ` Am I naked ? My wife told me that I had all my clothes on , ' answered he . ` And my wife told me that I myself was dead , ' said the man in the coffin . But at the sound of his voice the two men were so terrified that they ran straight home , and the man in the coffin got up and followed them , and it was his wife that gained the gold ring , as he had been sillier than the other two . From ` West Highland Tales . ' The Hoodie-Crow .
Once there lived a farmer who had three daughters , and good useful girls they were , up with the sun , and doing all the work XXXXX the house .
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