but as he was standing at the door he turned round and said, "as you are so kind and good, you may wish three things for yourselves and i will grant them." then the man said, "what else should i wish for but eternal happiness, and that we two, as long as we live, may be healthy and have every day our daily bread; for the third wish, i do not know what to have." and the lord said to him, "will you wish for a new house instead of this old one?" "oh, yes," said the man; "if i can have that, too, i should like it very much." and the lord fulfilled his wish, and changed their old house into a new one, again gave them his blessing, and went on.