. The violet fairy book . to help you, he answered, and have nothingto do all day, except to milk the black cow dry. Oh, you are unlucky, cried she. If you were to tryfrom morning till night you couldnt do it. There is onlyone way of escaping the danger, and that is, when you goto milk her, take with you a pan of burning coals and apair of tongs. Place the pan on the floor of the stall,and the tongs on the fire, and blow with all your might,till the coals burn brightly. The black cow will ask youwhat is the meaning of all this, and you must answerwhat I will whisper to you. And she stood on ti
. The violet fairy book . to help you, he answered, and have nothingto do all day, except to milk the black cow dry. Oh, you are unlucky, cried she. If you were to tryfrom morning till night you couldnt do it. There is onlyone way of escaping the danger, and that is, when you goto milk her, take with you a pan of burning coals and apair of tongs. Place the pan on the floor of the stall,and the tongs on the fire, and blow with all your might,till the coals burn brightly. The black cow will ask youwhat is the meaning of all this, and you must answerwhat I will whisper to you. And she stood on tip-toeand whispered something in his ear, and then went away. THE GRATEFUL PRINCE 87 The dawn had scarcely reddened the sky when theprince jumped out of bed, and, with the pan of coals inone hand and the milk pail in the other, went straightto the cows stall, and began to do exactly as the maidenhad told him the evening before. The black cow watched him with surprise for sometime, and then said: What are you doing, sonny?. Oh, nothing, answered he; I am only heating a pairof tongs in case you may not feel inclined to give asmuch milk as I want. The cow sighed deeply, and looked at the milkmanwith fear, but he took no notice, and milked briskly intothe pail, till the cow ran dry. Just at that moment the old man entered the stable, andsat down to milk the cow himself, but not a drop of milkcould he get. Have you really managed it all yourself,or did somebody help you ? I have nobody to help me, answered the prince, but 88 THE GRATEFUL PRINCE nay own poor head. The old man got up from his seatand went away. That night, when the prince went to his master tohear what his next days work was to be, the old mansaid: I have a little hay-stack out in the meadow whichmust be brought in to dry. To-morrow you will have tostack it all in the shed, and, as you value your life,be careful not to leave the smallest strand prince was overjoyed to hear he had nothing worseto do. To carry
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