"heart alive! what can one desire more?" said the servant to himself, and went merrily onwards. soon afterwards he met a jew with a long goat’s-beard, who was standing listening to the song of a bird which was sitting up at the top of a tree. "good heavens," he was exclaiming, "that such a small creature should have such a fearfully loud voice! if it were but mine! if only someone would sprinkle some salt upon its tail!"