. St. Nicholas [serial]. y had placed thecasket upon the mantel, does itnot look fine? That it does! said think you it can contain? Well, the good wife could nt an-swer that, but they might look andsee. So they had it down off themantel and found no trouble in opening the was only a bit of parchment on which waswritten: Hsk, and it shall be thine tillthou bast cnougb. Now, Wife, what think you can be the mean-ing of this? said Hans. But though they puzzled long on the matter,neither one could find an answer. Humph ! said Hans, at last. W^ife, I amgetting hungry. I wish we
. St. Nicholas [serial]. y had placed thecasket upon the mantel, does itnot look fine? That it does! said think you it can contain? Well, the good wife could nt an-swer that, but they might look andsee. So they had it down off themantel and found no trouble in opening the was only a bit of parchment on which waswritten: Hsk, and it shall be thine tillthou bast cnougb. Now, Wife, what think you can be the mean-ing of this? said Hans. But though they puzzled long on the matter,neither one could find an answer. Humph ! said Hans, at last. W^ife, I amgetting hungry. I wish we might have dinner. Crash! Bang. Boom! There was a flash ofred light in the box, and out hopped two funnylittle men, who straightway went about layingthe table with all sorts of good things to eat. Soquickly did they do this, that Hans and his goodwife had scarcely recovered their senses whenthey saw more food before them than NeighborHincklefitz had on the day of the mayors visit,and that was a good lot, I can tell you !. Hold! said the good wife, who was a care-ful, thrifty body and did not like waste. Surelythere is enough here for this day and to-mor-row ! At the word Enough the little men vanishedback into the casket and closed the lid. Well, that was a fine meal for Hans to sit downto, you may be sure, and such cooking as eventhe good wife said she had never tasted before!When they had eaten their fill and had put away,on a shelf in the cupboard, what remained, Hanslent a hand in clearing away the dishes. Wife, said he, that was a fine dinner wehave just eaten. I wish the donkey out in thebarn might have as good. Crash! Boom! Bang!Up flew the lid of the casket,then there was the red light, andquick as a wink the two little menwere out in the barn feeding oatsto the donkey. Hans and the good wife werenot frightened this time, for theyhad seen the casket act that waybefore, only they did not know itwas in answer to Hanss wish. In a little while the dishes wereall wiped and p
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