when the countryman had driven away, one of them said, "we could make some use of this lamp, we have an oak-tree at home, which is just as big as this, and we could hang it on that. what a pleasure it would be not to have to feel about at night in the darkness!" "i’ll tell you what we’ll do," said the second; "we will fetch a cart and horses and carry away the moon. the people here may buy themselves another." "i’m a good climber," said the third, "i will bring it down." the fourth brought a cart and horses, and the third climbed the tree, bored a hole in the moon, passed a rope through it, and let it down. when the shining ball lay in the cart, they covered it over with a cloth, that no one might observe the theft. they conveyed it safely into their own country, and placed it on a high oak. old and young rejoiced, when the new lamp let its light shine over the whole land, and bed-rooms and sitting-rooms were filled with it. the dwarfs came forth from their caves in the rocks, and the tiny elves in their little red coats danced in rings on the meadows.