She knocked at the door , and a gruff voice called , ` Come in ! ' The girl stepped into the dark entrance , and tapped at the door of the room . ` Just walk in , ' cried the voice , and when she opened the door there sat an old gray-haired man at the table . His face was resting on his hands , and his white beard flowed over the table almost down to the ground . By the stove lay three beasts , a hen , a cock , and a brindled cow . The girl told the old man her story , and asked for a night 's lodging . The man said : Pretty cock , Pretty hen , And you , pretty brindled cow , What do you say now ? ` Duks , ' answered the beasts ; and that must have meant , ` We are quite willing , ' for the old man went on , ` Here is abundance ; go into the back kitchen and cook us a supper . ' The girl found plenty of everything in the kitchen , and cooked a good meal , but she did not think of the beasts . She placed the full dishes on the table , sat down opposite the gray-haired man , and ate till her hunger was appeased . When she was satisfied , she said , ` But now I am so tired , where is a bed in which I can sleep ? ' The beasts answered : You have eaten with him , You have drunk with him , Of us you have not thought , Sleep then as you ought ! Then the old man said , ` Go upstairs , and there you will find a bedroom ; shake the bed , and put clean sheets on , and go to sleep . ' 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 . '
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