thought he . ` I 'll dig a bit and see . ' So he dug and dug , and at last he came on a little pot full of gold and silver . ` Oh , what luck ! Now , if only I knew how I could take this treasure home with me -- but I can never hope to hide it from my wife , and once she knows of it she 'll tell all the world , and then I shall get into trouble . ' He sat down and thought over the matter a long time , and at last he made a plan . He covered up the pot again with earth and twigs , and drove on into the town , where he bought a live pike and a live hare in the market . Then he drove back to the forest and hung the pike up at the very top of a tree , and tied up the hare in a fishing net and fastened it on the edge of a little stream , not troubling himself to think how unpleasant such a wet spot was likely to be to the hare . Then he got into his cart and trotted merrily home . ` Wife ! ' cried he , the moment he got indoors . ` You ca n't think what a piece of good luck has come our way . ' ` What , what , dear husband ? Do tell me all about it at once . ' ` No , no , you 'll just go off and tell everyone . ' ` No , indeed ! How can you think such things ! For shame ! If you like I will swear never to -- ' ` Oh , well ! if you are really in earnest then , listen . '
And he whispered in her ear : ` I 've found a pot full XXXXX gold and silver in the forest !
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