` 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 of the house . One morning they all ran down to the river to wash their clothes , when a hoodie came round and sat on a tree close by . ` Wilt thou wed me , thou farmer 's daughter ? ' he said to the eldest . ` Indeed I wo n't wed thee , ' she answered , ` an ugly brute is the hoodie . ' And the bird , much offended , spread his wings and flew away . But the following day he came back again , and said to the second girl : ` Wilt thou wed me , farmer 's daughter ? ' ` Indeed I will not , ' answered she , ` an ugly brute is the hoodie . ' And the hoodie was more angry than before , and went away in a rage .
However , after a night 's rest he was in a better temper , and thought XXXXX he might be more lucky the third time , so back he went to the old place .
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