. St. Nicholas [serial]. before Hanss house. So Hans helped her to alight from the donkey, and she thanked him for his kindness and said: Maybe, now, thou art called Happy Flans?Hans laughed merrily at this and said, Aye, good dame, so my neighbors name hast but a sorry farm to make thee happy and get thee such a name, said the lit-tle old lady. Yet, perchance, an thou wouldst plow yonder hilltop, thy crop would be somewhat bettered. Then she took up her basket and went on her way. At her words, Hanslaughed so loud andheartily that the gooddame, his wife, must needs come out to see wha
. St. Nicholas [serial]. before Hanss house. So Hans helped her to alight from the donkey, and she thanked him for his kindness and said: Maybe, now, thou art called Happy Flans?Hans laughed merrily at this and said, Aye, good dame, so my neighbors name hast but a sorry farm to make thee happy and get thee such a name, said the lit-tle old lady. Yet, perchance, an thou wouldst plow yonder hilltop, thy crop would be somewhat bettered. Then she took up her basket and went on her way. At her words, Hanslaughed so loud andheartily that the gooddame, his wife, must needs come out to see what it was all about. See! said Hans, in answer to the good dame bids me plow our stony hilltop andso get bigger crops. Didst ever hear a biggerjoke? and scarcely could he get these words outamidst his laughter. Well, the good wife thought it a jolly jokealso, and that the crop was like to be no morethan big stones. Then Hans unharnessed thedonkey, and after that went in and sat down to agood dish of cabbage br
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