The maiden went upstairs , and when she had made the bed , she lay down . After some time the gray-haired man came , looked at her by the light of his candle , and shook his head . And when he saw that she was sound asleep , he opened a trapdoor and let her fall into the cellar . The woodcutter came home late in the evening , and reproached his wife for leaving him all day without food . ` No , I did not , ' she answered ; ` the girl went off with your dinner . She must have lost her way , but will no doubt come back to-morrow . ' But at daybreak the woodcutter started off into the wood , and this time asked his second daughter to bring his food . ' I will take a bag of lentils , ' said he ; ` they are larger than millet , and the girl will see them better and be sure to find her way . ' At midday the maiden took the food , but the lentils had all gone ; as on the previous day , the wood birds had eaten them all . The maiden wandered about the wood till nightfall , when she came in the same way to the old man 's house , and asked for food and a night 's lodging . The man with the white hair again asked the beasts : Pretty cock , Pretty hen , And you , pretty brindled cow , What do you say now ? The beasts answered , ` Duks , ' and everything happened as on the former day . The girl cooked a good meal , ate and drank with the old man , and did not trouble herself about the animals . And when she asked for a bed , they replied : You have eaten with him You have drunk with him , Of us you have not thought , Now sleep as you ought ! And when she was asleep , the old man shook his head over her , and let her fall into the cellar . On the third morning the woodcutter said to his wife , ` Send our youngest child to-day with my dinner . She is always good and obedient , and will keep to the right path , and not wander away like her sisters , idle drones ! ' But the mother said , ` Must I lose my dearest child too ? ' ` Do not fear , ' he answered ; ` she is too clever and intelligent to lose her way . I will take plenty of peas with me and strew them along ; they are even larger than lentils , and will show her the way . '
But when the maiden started off with the basket XXXXX her arm , the wood pigeons had eaten up the peas , and she did not know which way to go .
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