` You could not have asked a better person , ' answered Jack cheerfully . And signing to him to sit down with him under a tree , he set the table in front of them , and struck it three times , crying : ` The dinner of an emperor ! ' He had hardly uttered the words when fish and meat of all kinds appeared on it ! ` That is a clever trick of yours , ' said the old man , when he had eaten as much as he wanted . ` Give it to me in exchange for a treasure I have which is still better . Do you see this cornet ? Well , you have only to tell it that you wish for an army , and you will have as many soldiers as you require . ' Now , since he had been left to himself , Jack had grown ambitious , so , after a moment 's hesitation , he took the cornet and gave the table in exchange . The old man bade him farewell , and set off down one path , while Jack chose another , and for a long time he was quite pleased with his new possession . Then , as he felt hungry , he wished for his table back again , as no house was in sight , and he wanted some supper badly . All at once he remembered his cornet , and a wicked thought entered his mind . ` Two hundred hussars , forward ! ' cried he . And the neighing of horses and the clanking of swords were heard close at hand . The officer who rode at their head approached Jack , and politely inquired what he wished them to do . ' A mile or two along that road , ' answered Jack , ` you will find an old man carrying a table . Take the table from him and bring it to me . ' The officer saluted and went back to his men , who started at a gallop to do Jack 's bidding . In ten minutes they had returned , bearing the table with them . ` That is all , thank you , ' said Jack ; and the soldiers disappeared inside the cornet .
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