. The pink fairy book. ^ bread to eat, and when he grew tired andhungry he sat down on the east side of a mound andl)egan to eat it. As he sat there his daughter came upout of the mound, and invited him to come inside, whichhe did very willingly. Soon after this the troll came home. It was dark bythat time, and his wife bade him go and buy some Oh, we shall soon get a light, said the troll. Withthat he dipped his fingers into the fire, and they thengave light without being burned in the least. The old man got two sacks of money here, andplodded away homewards with these. When he wasv
. The pink fairy book. ^ bread to eat, and when he grew tired andhungry he sat down on the east side of a mound andl)egan to eat it. As he sat there his daughter came upout of the mound, and invited him to come inside, whichhe did very willingly. Soon after this the troll came home. It was dark bythat time, and his wife bade him go and buy some Oh, we shall soon get a light, said the troll. Withthat he dipped his fingers into the fire, and they thengave light without being burned in the least. The old man got two sacks of money here, andplodded away homewards with these. When he wasvery nearly home he again thought of the cow that waswith calf, so he laid down the money, ran home, andasked his wife whether the cow had calved yet. Whatever is the matter with said she. You I / KNOW WHAT I HAVE LEARNED 151 come hurrying as if the whole house was about to may set your mind at rest: the cow has not calvedyet. The man now asked her to come and help him homewith the three sacks of money. She did not believe himvery much, but he continued to assure her that it wasquite true, till at last she gave in and went with they came to the spot there had again been a
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