The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ALES you it will be the worse for you. He certainly invited you tosupper, but only with the intention of cutting off both yourears. You can hear him sharpening his knife now. The guest heard the knife being sharpened, and hurried offdown the steps as fast as he could. Grethel ran with great agility to her Master, shrieking, A fine guest you have invited, indeed ! Why, whats the matter, Grethel ? What do youmean ? Well, she said, he has taken the two fowls that I hadjust put upon the dish, and run off with them. Thats a clever trick ! said her Master, reg
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ALES you it will be the worse for you. He certainly invited you tosupper, but only with the intention of cutting off both yourears. You can hear him sharpening his knife now. The guest heard the knife being sharpened, and hurried offdown the steps as fast as he could. Grethel ran with great agility to her Master, shrieking, A fine guest you have invited, indeed ! Why, whats the matter, Grethel ? What do youmean ? Well, she said, he has taken the two fowls that I hadjust put upon the dish, and run off with them. Thats a clever trick ! said her Master, regretting hisfine fowls. If he had only left me one so that I had some-thing to eat. He called out to him to stop, but the guest pretended notto hear. Then he ran after him, still holding the carving-knife, and cried, Only one, only one ! —meaning that theguest should leave him one fowl; but the guest only thoughtthat he meant he was to give him one ear, and he ran as if hewas pursued by fire, and so took both his ears safely home. 140. The Old Man and his Grandson THERE was once a very old Man, so old that his eyeshad become dim, and his limbs trembled. When he sat at table his hands shook so that hecould hardly hold his spoon, and some-times he spilt soup on the vexed his son and daughter-in-law,and they would no longer let him havea place at the table, but made him sitin a corner by the stove. They gave him his food in anearthenware bowl, and a very scantyportion too. He sat in his place look-ing at the others at table, and the tearscame into his eyes. One day his trembling hands couldno longer hold the bowl; it fell to theground and broke to atoms. The young wife scolded hirii, but hesaid nothing; then she bought him awooden bowl for a few coppers, and hehad nothing else to eat from. As they were sitting together one day, the little Grandson, who was four years old, collected a lot of bits of wood. What are you doing there ? asked his Father. I am making a l
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