The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ed the tree and brought down the child,thinking to himself, I will take it home, and bring it up withmy own little Lina. So he took it home, and the two children were brought uptogether. The foundling was called Fundevogel, because ithad been found by a bird. Fundevogel and Lina were sofond of each other, that they could not bear to be out of eachothers sight. Now the Forester had an old Cook, who one evening tooktwo pails, and began carrying water. She did not go oncebut many times, backwards and forwards to the well. Lina saw this, and said : Dear me,
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ed the tree and brought down the child,thinking to himself, I will take it home, and bring it up withmy own little Lina. So he took it home, and the two children were brought uptogether. The foundling was called Fundevogel, because ithad been found by a bird. Fundevogel and Lina were sofond of each other, that they could not bear to be out of eachothers sight. Now the Forester had an old Cook, who one evening tooktwo pails, and began carrying water. She did not go oncebut many times, backwards and forwards to the well. Lina saw this, and said : Dear me, Sanna, why are youcarrying so much water ? If thou wilt not tell any one, I will tell thee why. Lina said no, she would not tell any one. So then the Cook said : To-morrow morning early, whenthe Forester goes out hunting, I am going to boil the water,and when it bubbles in the kettle, I am going to throwFundevogel into it to boil him. Next morning the Forester got up very early, and went outhunting, leaving the children still in She did not go once but many times, backwards and forwards to the well. GRIMMS FAIRY TALES Then said Lina to Fundevogel : Never forsake me, andI will never forsake thee. And Fundevogel answered : I will never forsake thee. Then Lina said : I must tell thee now. Old Sannabrought in so many pails of water last night, that I asked herwhat she was doing. She said if I would not tell anybody,she would tell me what it was for. So I promised not to tellanybody, and she said that in the morning, when the fatherhad gone out hunting, she would fill the kettle, and when itwas boiling, she would throw thee into it and boil thee. Nowwe must get up quickly, dress otu-selves, and run away. So the children got up, dressed qviickly, and left the house. When the water boiled, the Cook went to their bedroomto fetch Fundevogel to throw him into it. But when sheentered the room, and went up to the bed, both the childrenwere gone. She was terribly frightened, and sai
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