The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ing why shewas to keep away, thought, Whyshould I not be there, if they arethere ? So she ran up, but as soon asshe touched her sisters she had tostay hanging on to them, and theyall had to pass the night hke this. In the morning. Simpleton took up the Goose under hisarm, without noticing the three girls hanging on behind. Theyhad to keep running behind, dodging his legs right and left. In the middle of the fields they met the Parson, who, when260 And so they followed up hill and downdale after Simpleton and his Goose. THE GOLDEN GOOSE he saw the process
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . ing why shewas to keep away, thought, Whyshould I not be there, if they arethere ? So she ran up, but as soon asshe touched her sisters she had tostay hanging on to them, and theyall had to pass the night hke this. In the morning. Simpleton took up the Goose under hisarm, without noticing the three girls hanging on behind. Theyhad to keep running behind, dodging his legs right and left. In the middle of the fields they met the Parson, who, when260 And so they followed up hill and downdale after Simpleton and his Goose. THE GOLDEN GOOSE he saw the procession, cried out: For shame, you bold girls IWhy do you run after the lad like that ? Do you call thatproper behaviour ? Then he took hold of the hand of the youngest girl to pullher away; but no sooner had he touched her than he felthimself held fast, and he,too, had to run behind. Soon after the Sextoncame up, and, seeing hismaster the Parson tread-ing on the heels of the ^^ ^^i^^^^ JM^,l-three girls, cried out inamazement, Hullo, your. ? . Reverence ! Whither awayso fast? Dontforget that wehave a chris-tening ! So saying, he plucked the Parson by thesleeve, and soon found that he could not get away. As this party of five, one behind the other, tramped on, twoPeasants came along the road, carrying their hoes. TheParson called them, and asked them to set the Sexton andhimself free. But as soon as ever they touched the Sextonthey were held fast, so now there were seven people runningbehind Simpleton and his Goose. 261 GRIMMS FAIRY TALES By-and-by they reached a town, where a King ruled whoseonly daughter was so solemn that nothing and nobody couldmake her laugh. So the King had proclaimed that whoevercould make her laugh should marry her. When Simpleton heard this he took his Goose, with all hisfollowing, before her, and when she saw these seven peoplerunning, one behind another, she burst into fits of laughter, andseemed as if she could never stop. Thereupon Simpleton asked her
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