. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . daybreak; he also began to feelrather hungry, as in the fulness of his joy at getting the cow,he had eaten up all he had. At last he could scarcely go onat all, and had to make a halt every moment, for the stonesweighed him down most unmercifully, and he could not helpwishing that he did not feel obliged to drag them on he went at a snails pace until he came to a well;then he thought he would rest and take a drink of the freshwater. And he placed the stones carefully by his side at theedge of the well; then he sat down, and
. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . daybreak; he also began to feelrather hungry, as in the fulness of his joy at getting the cow,he had eaten up all he had. At last he could scarcely go onat all, and had to make a halt every moment, for the stonesweighed him down most unmercifully, and he could not helpwishing that he did not feel obliged to drag them on he went at a snails pace until he came to a well;then he thought he would rest and take a drink of the freshwater. And he placed the stones carefully by his side at theedge of the well; then he sat down, and as he stooped todrink, he happened to give the stones a little push, and theyboth fell into the water with a splash. And then Hans,having watched them disappear, jumped for joy, and thanked HANS IN LUCK. 19 his stars that he had been so lucky as to get rid of the stonesthat had weighed upon him so long without any effort of hisown. I really think, cried he, I am the luckiest man underthe sun. So on he went, void of care, until he reached hismothers
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