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"There was once upon a time a man who was called frederick and a woman called catherine, who had married each other and lived together as young married folks. One day frederick said, I will now go and plough, catherine, when I come back, there must be some roast meat on the table for hunger, and a fresh draught for thirst. Just go, frederick, answered kate, just go, I will have all ready for you. So when dinner-time drew near she got a sausage out of the chimney, put it in the frying-pan, put some butter to it, and set it on the fire. The sausage began to fry and to hiss, catherine stood beside it and held the handle of the pan, and had her own thoughts as she was doing it. Then it occurred to her, while the sausage is getting done you could go into the cellar and draw beer. So she set the frying-pan safely on the fire, took a can, and went down into the cellar to draw beer. The beer ran into the can and kate watched it, and then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field, the dog, however, was swifter than catherine and did not let the sausage go, but skipped over the furrows with it. What's gone is gone, said kate, and turned round, and as she had run till she was weary, she walked quietly and comfortably, and cooled herself. During this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer. Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me. Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things. Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them. Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done. Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road. There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone. As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat. Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you. Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one. It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty. Frederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings. A short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name. Then it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift. When catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. In the meantime night came, and catherine ran into the village, knocked at her husband's window, and cried, frederick. What is the matter. I should very much like to know if catherine is in. Yes, yes, replied frederick, she must be in and asleep. Said she, that's all right, then I am certainly at home already, and ran away. Outside catherine found some vagabonds who were going to steal. Then she went to them and said, I will help you to steal. The rascals thought that she knew what opportunities the place offered, and were willing. Catherine went in front of the houses, and cried, good folks, have you anything. We want to steal. The thieves thought to themselves, that's a fine way of doing things, and wished themselves once more rid of catherine. Then they said to her, outside the village the pastor has some turnips in the field. Go there and pull up some turnips for us. Catherine went to the ground, and began to pull them up, but was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man came by, saw her, and stood still and thought that it was the devil who was thus rooting amongst the turnips. He ran away into the village to the pastor, and said, mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip-ground, rooting up turnips. Ah, heavens, answered the pastor, I have a lame foot, I cannot go out and drive him away. Said the man, then I will carry you on my back, and he carried him out on his back. And when they came to the ground, catherine arose and stood up her full height. Ah, the devil, cried the pastor, and both hurried away, and in his great fright the pastor could run better with his lame foot than the man who had carried him on his back could do on his sound legs."
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The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field, the dog, however, was swifter than catherine and did not let the sausage go, but skipped over the furrows with it. What's gone is gone, said kate, and turned round, and as she had run till she was weary, she walked quietly and comfortably, and cooled herself. During this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer. Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me. Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things. Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them. Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done. Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road. There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone. As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat. Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you. Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one. It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty. Frederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings. A short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name. Then it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift. When catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. In the meantime night came, and catherine ran into the village, knocked at her husband's window, and cried, frederick. What is the matter. I should very much like to know if catherine is in. Yes, yes, replied frederick, she must be in and asleep. Said she, that's all right, then I am certainly at home already, and ran away. Outside catherine found some vagabonds who were going to steal. Then she went to them and said, I will help you to steal. The rascals thought that she knew what opportunities the place offered, and were willing. Catherine went in front of the houses, and cried, good folks, have you anything. We want to steal. The thieves thought to themselves, that's a fine way of doing things, and wished themselves once more rid of catherine. Then they said to her, outside the village the pastor has some turnips in the field. Go there and pull up some turnips for us. Catherine went to the ground, and began to pull them up, but was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man came by, saw her, and stood still and thought that it was the devil who was thus rooting amongst the turnips. He ran away into the village to the pastor, and said, mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip-ground, rooting up turnips. Ah, heavens, answered the pastor, I have a lame foot, I cannot go out and drive him away. Said the man, then I will carry you on my back, and he carried him out on his back. And when they came to the ground, catherine arose and stood up her full height. Ah, the devil, cried the pastor, and both hurried away, and in his great fright the pastor could run better with his lame foot than the man who had carried him on his back could do on his sound legs.",
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"There was once upon a time a man who was called frederick and a woman called catherine, who had married each other and lived together as young married folks. One day frederick said, I will now go and plough, catherine, when I come back, there must be some roast meat on the table for hunger, and a fresh draught for thirst. Just go, frederick, answered kate, just go, I will have all ready for you. So when dinner-time drew near she got a sausage out of the chimney, put it in the frying-pan, put some butter to it, and set it on the fire. The sausage began to fry and to hiss, catherine stood beside it and held the handle of the pan, and had her own thoughts as she was doing it. Then it occurred to her, while the sausage is getting done you could go into the cellar and draw beer. So she set the frying-pan safely on the fire, took a can, and went down into the cellar to draw beer. The beer ran into the can and kate watched it, and then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field, the dog, however, was swifter than catherine and did not let the sausage go, but skipped over the furrows with it. What's gone is gone, said kate, and turned round, and as she had run till she was weary, she walked quietly and comfortably, and cooled herself. During this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer. Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me. Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things. Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them. Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done. Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road. There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone. As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat. Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you. Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one. It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty. Frederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings. A short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name. Then it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift. When catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. In the meantime night came, and catherine ran into the village, knocked at her husband's window, and cried, frederick. What is the matter. I should very much like to know if catherine is in. Yes, yes, replied frederick, she must be in and asleep. Said she, that's all right, then I am certainly at home already, and ran away. Outside catherine found some vagabonds who were going to steal. Then she went to them and said, I will help you to steal. The rascals thought that she knew what opportunities the place offered, and were willing. Catherine went in front of the houses, and cried, good folks, have you anything. We want to steal. The thieves thought to themselves, that's a fine way of doing things, and wished themselves once more rid of catherine. Then they said to her, outside the village the pastor has some turnips in the field. Go there and pull up some turnips for us. Catherine went to the ground, and began to pull them up, but was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man came by, saw her, and stood still and thought that it was the devil who was thus rooting amongst the turnips. He ran away into the village to the pastor, and said, mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip-ground, rooting up turnips. Ah, heavens, answered the pastor, I have a lame foot, I cannot go out and drive him away. Said the man, then I will carry you on my back, and he carried him out on his back. And when they came to the ground, catherine arose and stood up her full height. Ah, the devil, cried the pastor, and both hurried away, and in his great fright the pastor could run better with his lame foot than the man who had carried him on his back could do on his sound legs."
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The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field, the dog, however, was swifter than catherine and did not let the sausage go, but skipped over the furrows with it. What's gone is gone, said kate, and turned round, and as she had run till she was weary, she walked quietly and comfortably, and cooled herself. During this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer. Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me. Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things. Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them. Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done. Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road. There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone. As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat. Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you. Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one. It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty. Frederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings. A short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name. Then it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift. When catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. In the meantime night came, and catherine ran into the village, knocked at her husband's window, and cried, frederick. What is the matter. I should very much like to know if catherine is in. Yes, yes, replied frederick, she must be in and asleep. Said she, that's all right, then I am certainly at home already, and ran away. Outside catherine found some vagabonds who were going to steal. Then she went to them and said, I will help you to steal. The rascals thought that she knew what opportunities the place offered, and were willing. Catherine went in front of the houses, and cried, good folks, have you anything. We want to steal. The thieves thought to themselves, that's a fine way of doing things, and wished themselves once more rid of catherine. Then they said to her, outside the village the pastor has some turnips in the field. Go there and pull up some turnips for us. Catherine went to the ground, and began to pull them up, but was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man came by, saw her, and stood still and thought that it was the devil who was thus rooting amongst the turnips. He ran away into the village to the pastor, and said, mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip-ground, rooting up turnips. Ah, heavens, answered the pastor, I have a lame foot, I cannot go out and drive him away. Said the man, then I will carry you on my back, and he carried him out on his back. And when they came to the ground, catherine arose and stood up her full height. Ah, the devil, cried the pastor, and both hurried away, and in his great fright the pastor could run better with his lame foot than the man who had carried him on his back could do on his sound legs.",
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"There was once upon a time a man who was called frederick and a woman called catherine, who had married each other and lived together as young married folks. One day frederick said, I will now go and plough, catherine, when I come back, there must be some roast meat on the table for hunger, and a fresh draught for thirst. Just go, frederick, answered kate, just go, I will have all ready for you. So when dinner-time drew near she got a sausage out of the chimney, put it in the frying-pan, put some butter to it, and set it on the fire. The sausage began to fry and to hiss, catherine stood beside it and held the handle of the pan, and had her own thoughts as she was doing it. Then it occurred to her, while the sausage is getting done you could go into the cellar and draw beer.",
"So she set the frying-pan safely on the fire, took a can, and went down into the cellar to draw beer. The beer ran into the can and kate watched it, and then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field, the dog, however, was swifter than catherine and did not let the sausage go, but skipped over the furrows with it. What's gone is gone, said kate, and turned round, and as she had run till she was weary, she walked quietly and comfortably, and cooled herself.",
"During this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer.",
"Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me.",
"Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.",
"Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them.",
"Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done.",
"Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.",
"There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone.",
"As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.",
"Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you.",
"Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.",
"It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty.",
"Frederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings.",
"A short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name.",
"Then it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift.",
"When catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. In the meantime night came, and catherine ran into the village, knocked at her husband's window, and cried, frederick. What is the matter. I should very much like to know if catherine is in. Yes, yes, replied frederick, she must be in and asleep. Said she, that's all right, then I am certainly at home already, and ran away. Outside catherine found some vagabonds who were going to steal. Then she went to them and said, I will help you to steal. The rascals thought that she knew what opportunities the place offered, and were willing. Catherine went in front of the houses, and cried, good folks, have you anything. We want to steal.",
"The thieves thought to themselves, that's a fine way of doing things, and wished themselves once more rid of catherine. Then they said to her, outside the village the pastor has some turnips in the field. Go there and pull up some turnips for us. Catherine went to the ground, and began to pull them up, but was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man came by, saw her, and stood still and thought that it was the devil who was thus rooting amongst the turnips. He ran away into the village to the pastor, and said, mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip-ground, rooting up turnips. Ah, heavens, answered the pastor, I have a lame foot, I cannot go out and drive him away. Said the man, then I will carry you on my back, and he carried him out on his back.",
"And when they came to the ground, catherine arose and stood up her full height. Ah, the devil, cried the pastor, and both hurried away, and in his great fright the pastor could run better with his lame foot than the man who had carried him on his back could do on his sound legs."
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"There was once upon a time a man who was called frederick and a woman called catherine, who had married each other and lived together as young married folks. One day frederick said, I will now go and plough, catherine, when I come back, there must be some roast meat on the table for hunger, and a fresh draught for thirst. Just go, frederick, answered kate, just go, I will have all ready for you. So when dinner-time drew near she got a sausage out of the chimney, put it in the frying-pan, put some butter to it, and set it on the fire. The sausage began to fry and to hiss, catherine stood beside it and held the handle of the pan, and had her own thoughts as she was doing it. Then it occurred to her, while the sausage is getting done you could go into the cellar and draw beer.",
"So she set the frying-pan safely on the fire, took a can, and went down into the cellar to draw beer. The beer ran into the can and kate watched it, and then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field, the dog, however, was swifter than catherine and did not let the sausage go, but skipped over the furrows with it. What's gone is gone, said kate, and turned round, and as she had run till she was weary, she walked quietly and comfortably, and cooled herself.",
"During this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer.",
"Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me.",
"Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.",
"Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them.",
"Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done.",
"Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.",
"There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone.",
"As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.",
"Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you.",
"Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.",
"It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty.",
"Frederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings.",
"A short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name.",
"Then it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift.",
"When Catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. In the meantime night came, and Catherine ran into the village, knocked at her husband's window, and cried, Frederick. What is the matter. I should very much like to know if Catherine is in. Yes, yes, replied Frederick, she must be in and asleep. Said she, that is all right, then I am certainly at home already, and ran away. Outside Catherine found some vagabonds who were going to steal. Then she went to them and said, I will help you to steal. The rascals thought that she knew what opportunities the place offered, and were willing. Catherine went in front of the houses, and cried, good folks, have you anything. We want to steal.",
"The thieves thought to themselves, that's a fine way of doing things, and wished themselves once more rid of catherine. Then they said to her, outside the village the pastor has some turnips in the field. Go there and pull up some turnips for us. Catherine went to the ground, and began to pull them up, but was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man came by, saw her, and stood still and thought that it was the devil who was thus rooting amongst the turnips. He ran away into the village to the pastor, and said, mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip-ground, rooting up turnips. Ah, heavens, answered the pastor, I have a lame foot, I cannot go out and drive him away. Said the man, then I will carry you on my back, and he carried him out on his back.",
"And when they came to the ground, catherine arose and stood up her full height. Ah, the devil, cried the pastor, and both hurried away, and in his great fright the pastor could run better with his lame foot than the man who had carried him on his back could do on his sound legs."
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"speech_safe_text": "There was once upon a time a man who was called frederick and a woman called catherine, who had married each other and lived together as young married folks. One day frederick said, I will now go and plough, catherine, when I come back, there must be some roast meat on the table for hunger, and a fresh draught for thirst. Just go, frederick, answered kate, just go, I will have all ready for you. So when dinner-time drew near she got a sausage out of the chimney, put it in the frying-pan, put some butter to it, and set it on the fire. The sausage began to fry and to hiss, catherine stood beside it and held the handle of the pan, and had her own thoughts as she was doing it. Then it occurred to her, while the sausage is getting done you could go into the cellar and draw beer.\n\nSo she set the frying-pan safely on the fire, took a can, and went down into the cellar to draw beer. The beer ran into the can and kate watched it, and then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not fastened up, it might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a trice she was up the cellar-steps again, but the spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and trailed it away on the ground. But catherine, who was not idle, set out after it, and chased it a long way into the field, the dog, however, was swifter than catherine and did not let the sausage go, but skipped over the furrows with it. What's gone is gone, said kate, and turned round, and as she had run till she was weary, she walked quietly and comfortably, and cooled herself.\n\nDuring this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer.\n\nYes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me.\n\nAh, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.\n\nNow he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them.\n\nThen go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done.\n\nThose were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.\n\nThere one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone.\n\nAs all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.\n\nNow just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you.\n\nCatherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.\n\nIt is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty.\n\nFrederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings.\n\nA short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name.\n\nThen it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift.\n\nWhen Catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. 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"Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me.",
"Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.",
"Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them.",
"Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done.",
"Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.",
"There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone.",
"As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.",
"Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you.",
"Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.",
"It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty.",
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"During this time the beer was still running out of the cask, for kate had not turned the tap. And when the can was full and there was no other place for it, it ran into the cellar and did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as kate was on the steps she saw the accident. Good gracious, she cried. What shall I do now to stop frederick finding out. She thought for a while, and at last she remembered that up in the garret was still standing a sack of the finest wheat flour from the last fair, and she would fetch that down and strew it over the beer.",
"Yes, said she, he who saves a thing when he ought, has it afterwards when he needs it, and she climbed up to the garret and carried the sack below, and threw it straight down on the can of beer, which she knocked over, and frederick's draught swam also in the cellar. It is all right, said kate, where the one is the other ought to be also, and she strewed the meal over the whole cellar. When it was done she was heartily delighted with her work, and said, how clean and wholesome it does look here. At mid-day home came frederick, now, wife, what have you ready for me.",
"Ah, freddy, she answered, I was frying a sausage for you, but whilst I was drawing the beer to drink with it, the dog took it away out of the pan, and whilst I was running after the dog, all the beer ran out, and whilst I was drying up the beer with the flour, I knocked over the can as well, but be easy, the cellar is quite dry again. Said frederick, kate, kate, you should not have done that, to let the sausage be carried off and the beer run out of the cask, and throw out all our flour into the bargain. Well, frederick, I did not know that, you should have told me. The man thought, if this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.",
"Now he had saved up a good number of talers which he changed into gold, and said to catherine, look, these are yellow counters for playing games, I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger, but mind you keep away from them, or it will be the worse for you. Said she, oh, no, frederick, I certainly will not go near them. And when frederick was gone some pedlars came into the village who had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and asked the young woman if there was nothing she wanted to bargain with them for. Oh, dear people, said catherine, I have no money and can buy nothing, but if you have any use for yellow counters I will buy of you. Yellow counters, why not. But just let us see them.",
"Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's manger, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold. Then they laid hold of it, ran away, and left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine though she must use her new things, and as she had no lack in the kitchen already without these, she knocked the bottom out of every pot, and set them all as ornaments on the paling which went round about the house. When frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, catherine, what have you been about. I have bought them, frederick, for the counters which were under the cow's manger. I did not go there myself, the pedlars had to dig them out for themselves. Ah, wife, said frederick, what have you done.",
"Those were not counters, but pure gold, and all our wealth, you should not have done that. Indeed, frederick, said she, I did not know that, you should have forewarned me. Catherine stood for a while and wondered, then she said, listen, frederick, we will soon get the gold back again, we will run after the thieves. Come, then, said frederick, we will try it, but take with you some butter and cheese that we may have something to eat on the way. Yes, frederick, I will take them. They set out, and as frederick was the better walker, catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, thought she, when we turn back I shall be a little way in advance. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.",
"There one can see, said catherine, how they have torn and skinned and galled the poor earth, it will never be whole again as long as it lives, and in her heart's compassion she took her butter and smeared the ruts right and left, that they might not be so hurt by the wheels, and as she was thus bending down in her charity, one of the cheeses rolled out of her pocket down the hill. Said catherine, I have made my way once up here, I will not go down again, another may run and fetch it back. So she took another cheese and rolled it down. But the cheeses did not come back, so she let a third run down, thinking. Perhaps they are waiting for company, and do not like to walk alone.",
"As all three stayed away she said, I do not know what that can mean, but it may perhaps be that the third has not found the way, and has gone wrong, I will just send the fourth to call it. But the fourth did no better than the third. Then catherine was angry, and threw down the fifth and sixth as well, and these were her last. She remained standing for some time watching for their coming, but when they still did not come, she said, oh, you are good folks to send in search of death, you stay a fine long time away. Do you think I will wait any longer for you. I shall go my way, you may run after me, you have younger legs than I. Catherine went on and found frederick, who was standing waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.",
"Now just let us have what you have brought with you, said he. She gave him the dry bread. Where have you the butter and the cheeses, asked the man. Ah, freddy, said catherine, I smeared the cart-ruts with the butter and the cheeses will come soon, one ran away from me, so I sent the others after to call it. Said frederick, you should not have done that, catherine, to smear the butter on the road, and let the cheeses run down the hill. Really, frederick, you should have told me. Then they ate the dry bread together, and frederick said, catherine, did you make the house safe when you came away. No, frederick, you should have told me to do it before. Then go home again, and make the house safe before we go any farther, and bring with you something else to eat. I will wait here for you.",
"Catherine went back and thought, frederick wants something more to eat, he does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she bolted the upper half of the door fast, but unhinged the lower door, and took it on her back, believing that when she had placed the door in security the house must be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way, and thought, frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him she said, here is the house-door for you, frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself. Oh, heavens, said he, what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.",
"It is now too late to go back home again, but since you have brought the door here, you shall just carry it farther. I will carry the door, frederick, but the dried pears and the vinegar-jug will be too heavy for me, I will hang them on the door, it may carry them. And now they went into the forest, and sought the rogues, but did not find them. At length as it grew dark they climbed into a tree and resolved to spend the night there. Scarcely, however, had they sat down at the top of it than the rascals came thither who carry away with them what does not want to go, and find things before they are lost. They sat down under the very tree in which frederick and catherine were sitting, lighted a fire, and were about to share their booty.",
"Frederick got down on the other side and collected some stones together. Then he climbed up again with them, and wished to throw them at the thieves and kill them. The stones, however, did not hit them, and the knaves cried, it will soon be morning, the wind is shaking down the fir-cones. Catherine still had the door on her back, and as it pressed so heavily on her, she thought it was the fault of the dried pears, and said, frederick, I must throw the pears down. No, catherine, not now, he replied, they might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. They weigh me down far too much. Do it, then, and be hanged. Then the dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the rascals below said, those are birds, droppings.",
"A short time afterwards, as the door was still heavy, catherine said, ah, frederick, I must pour out the vinegar. No, catherine, you must not, it might betray us. Ah, but, frederick, I must, it weighs me down far too much. Then do it and be hanged. So she emptied out the vinegar, and it spattered over the robbers. They said amongst themselves, the dew is already falling. At length catherine thought, can it really be the door which weighs me down so, and said, frederick, I must throw the door down. No, not now, catherine, it might betray us. Oh, but, frederick, I must. It weighs me down far too much. Oh, no, catherine, do hold it fast. Ah, frederick, I am letting it fall. Let it go, then, in the devil's name.",
"Then it fell down with a violent clatter, and the rascals below cried, the devil is coming down the tree, and they ran away and left everything behind them. Early next morning, when the two came down they found all their gold again, and carried it home. When they were once more at home, frederick said, and now, catherine, you, too, must be industrious and work. Yes, frederick, I will soon do that, I will go into the field and cut corn. When catherine got into the field, she said to herself, shall I eat before I cut, or shall I sleep before I cut. Oh, I will eat first. Then catherine ate and eating made her sleepy, and she began to cut, and half in a dream cut all her clothes to pieces, her apron, her gown, and her shift.",
"When Catherine awoke again after a long sleep she was standing there half-naked, and said to herself, is it I, or is it not I. Alas, it is not I. In the meantime night came, and Catherine ran into the village, knocked at her husband's window, and cried, Frederick. What is the matter. I should very much like to know if Catherine is in. Yes, yes, replied Frederick, she must be in and asleep. Said she, that is all right, then I am certainly at home already, and ran away. Outside Catherine found some vagabonds who were going to steal. Then she went to them and said, I will help you to steal. The rascals thought that she knew what opportunities the place offered, and were willing. Catherine went in front of the houses, and cried, good folks, have you anything. We want to steal.",
"The thieves thought to themselves, that's a fine way of doing things, and wished themselves once more rid of catherine. Then they said to her, outside the village the pastor has some turnips in the field. Go there and pull up some turnips for us. Catherine went to the ground, and began to pull them up, but was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man came by, saw her, and stood still and thought that it was the devil who was thus rooting amongst the turnips. He ran away into the village to the pastor, and said, mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip-ground, rooting up turnips. Ah, heavens, answered the pastor, I have a lame foot, I cannot go out and drive him away. Said the man, then I will carry you on my back, and he carried him out on his back.",
"And when they came to the ground, catherine arose and stood up her full height. Ah, the devil, cried the pastor, and both hurried away, and in his great fright the pastor could run better with his lame foot than the man who had carried him on his back could do on his sound legs."
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"Once upon a time, there was a man named Frederick and a woman named Catherine. They were a young married couple who lived happily together. One day, Frederick said, \"I am going out to plow the fields. When I come back, I want a hot meal to eat and a cool drink to drink.\" \"Go ahead, Frederick,\" answered Kate. \"I will have everything ready for you.\"\n\nSo, when it was almost time for dinner, she took a sausage from the chimney. She put it in a pan with some butter and set it on the fire. The sausage began to sizzle and pop. Catherine stood by the pan and held the handle. She was thinking about something while she cooked. Then, she had a wonderful idea. \"While the sausage is cooking,\" she thought, \"I can go to the cellar and get some fresh beer.",
"So she put the frying pan safely on the fire. She took a can and went down into the cool cellar to get some beer. The beer ran into the can, and Kate watched it. Then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not tied up. It might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a flash, she was up the cellar steps again. But the Spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and dragged it away on the ground. But Kate, who was not lazy, ran after it. She chased the dog a long way into the field. The dog, however, was faster than Kate and did not let the sausage go. It skipped over the furrows with it. \"What is gone is gone,\" said Kate. She turned around. As she had run until she was tired, she walked quietly and comfortably. She cooled herself in the fresh air.",
"The beer was still running out of the cask because Kate had not turned the tap. When the can was full and there was no other place for it, the beer ran into the cellar. It did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as Kate was on the steps, she saw the mess. \"Oh no!\" she cried. \"What shall I do now so Frederick does not find out?\" She thought for a while. Then, she remembered that up in the attic was a big sack of the finest wheat flour. She would bring it down and sprinkle it over the beer to hide the mess.",
"Yes,\" said she. \"If you save something when you should, you will have it when you need it.\" She climbed up to the attic and carried the sack downstairs. She threw it right down on the can of beer. The beer spilled everywhere, and Frederick’s drink swam in the cellar too.\n\n\"It is all right,\" said Kate. \"Where one thing is, the other should be too.\" She spread the meal all over the floor. When she was done, she was very happy with her work. She said, \"How clean and nice it looks down here.\"\n\nAt noon, Frederick came home. \"Well, wife, what do you have ready for me?",
"Oh, Freddy,\" she answered. \"I was frying a sausage for you. But while I went to get some beer to drink with it, the dog took the sausage away! While I ran after the dog, all the beer ran out of the cask. While I tried to dry it with flour, I knocked over the can, too. But don't worry, the cellar is dry again.\"\n\nSaid Frederick, \"Kate, Kate, you should not have done that. You should not let the sausage be carried off, or let the beer run out, or throw out all our flour.\"\n\n\"Well, Frederick,\" she said softly. \"I did not know that. You should have told me.\"\n\nThe man thought, \"If this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.",
"Now he had saved up a good number of coins and changed them into gold. He said to Catherine, \"Look, these are yellow counters for playing games. I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger. But please, do not touch them, or it will be the worse for you.\"\n\nCatherine said, \"Oh, no, Frederick. I certainly will not go near them.\"\n\nAnd when Frederick was gone, some pedlars came into the village. They had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and they asked the young woman if there was anything she wanted to buy. \"Oh, dear people,\" said Catherine, \"I have no money and can buy nothing. But if you have any use for yellow counters, I will buy them from you.\"\n\n\"Yellow counters? Why not?\" they asked. \"But just let us see them.",
"Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's food box, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The bad men went there, dug, and found pure gold. Then they took the gold and ran away. They left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine thought she must use her new things. She did not need them in the kitchen, so she knocked the bottom out of every pot. She put them all as pretty decorations on the fence around the house. When Frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, \"Catherine, what have you been doing?\" \"I bought them, Frederick,\" she said. \"I found the yellow counters under the cow's food box. I did not go there myself. The peddlers had to dig them out for themselves.\" \"Ah, wife,\" said Frederick. \"What have you done?",
"Those coins were not just counters, but real, shiny gold. You should not have taken them, Frederick. I did not know that, said Catherine. You should have told me first. Catherine stood for a moment and thought. Then she said, Listen, Frederick, we will get the gold back. We will run after the thieves. Come, then, said Frederick. We will try it. But take some butter and cheese with us, so we can eat on the way. Yes, Frederick, I will take them. They set out. Frederick walked faster, and Catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, she thought. When we turn back, I will be a little way ahead. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.",
"Catherine looked down at the road. She saw how the heavy wheels had torn up the grass and made deep holes. The poor earth looked so sad and hurt. Her heart felt very soft with kindness. She took a piece of butter from her pocket and gently smoothed it over the rough spots. She wanted to make the road feel better so the wheels would not hurt it.\n\nShe was bending down to help when a big cheese rolled out of her pocket. It tumbled down the hill. Catherine smiled. \"I have walked up here once,\" she said. \"I will not go down again. Someone else can go get it.\"\n\nSo, she took another cheese and rolled it down the hill, too. But the cheeses did not come back. She let a third one roll down, thinking, \"Maybe they are waiting for a friend and do not want to walk alone.",
"As they stayed away, she said, \"I do not know what that means. Maybe the third one got lost and went the wrong way. I will send the fourth one to call him.\" But the fourth one did not do any better than the third. Then Catherine got angry. She threw down the fifth and sixth ones, and those were her last helpers. She stood there for a long time, waiting for them to come back. But when they did not come, she said, \"Oh, you are good folks to go looking for death! You stay away for a very long time. Do you think I will wait any longer for you? I shall go my way. You may run after me, you have younger legs than I.\" Catherine went on and found Frederick. He was standing there waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.",
"Now, please give me what you have brought,\" he said. She gave him the dry bread. \"Where is the butter and the cheese?\" asked the man. \"Oh, Freddy,\" said Catherine, \"I put the butter on the road, and the cheese will come soon. One piece ran away, so I sent the others to catch it.\" \"You should not have done that, Catherine,\" said Frederick. \"You smeared the butter on the road and let the cheese roll down the hill.\" \"Really, Freddy, you should have told me.\" Then they ate the dry bread together. \"Catherine, did you make the house safe when you left?\" asked Frederick. \"No, Freddy, you should have told me to do it first.\" \"Then go home and make the house safe before we go any farther,\" he said. \"And bring something else to eat. I will wait here for you.",
"Catherine went back and thought, Frederick wants something more to eat. He does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she fastened the top half of the door, but she took the bottom door off its hinges and put it on her back. She thought that once the door was safe, the house would be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way and thought, Frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him, she said, \"Here is the house-door for you, Frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself.\" \"Oh, heavens!\" said he, \"what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.",
"It was too late to go back home now. But since you brought the door, you can just carry it a little farther. I will carry the door, Frederick. But the dried pears and the vinegar jug are too heavy for me. I will hang them on the door; maybe it can carry them for us.\n\nThey went into the forest to find the bad men, but they could not find them. As it grew dark, they climbed up a tree to spend the night there. Scarcely had they sat down at the top than the bad men came there. They take things that do not want to go and find things before they are lost. They sat down right under the tree where Frederick and Catherine were sitting. They lit a fire and were about to share their stolen things.",
"Frederick got down on the other side and gathered some stones. Then he climbed back up, wanting to throw them at the thieves to stop them. But the stones missed, and the bad men shouted that the morning was coming soon because the wind was shaking down the fir cones. Catherine still had the door on her back. It felt so heavy that she thought it was because of the dried pears. She said, \"Frederick, I must throw the pears down.\" \"No, Catherine, not now,\" he replied. \"They might give us away.\" \"Oh, but I must,\" she said. \"They weigh me down so much.\" \"Then do it,\" he said. \"And be done with it.\" The dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the mean men below said, \"Those are just bird droppings.",
"A little while later, Catherine spoke up. \"Frederick, I have to pour out the vinegar. It feels so heavy in my heart.\"\n\n\"No, Catherine, please don't,\" Frederick said. \"It might give us away.\"\n\n\"But I must, Frederick,\" she said. \"It weighs me down too much.\"\n\n\"Then do it,\" Frederick said. \"I don't care.\"\n\nSo, she poured out the vinegar. It splashed over the robbers. They whispered to each other, \"The dew is falling.\"\n\nCatherine thought for a moment. \"Can it really be the door that weighs me down?\" she asked. \"Frederick, I must throw the door down.\"\n\n\"No, not now, Catherine,\" Frederick said. \"It might give us away.\"\n\n\"Oh, but I must, Frederick. It weighs me down too much.\"\n\n\"Oh, no, Catherine, please hold it fast.\"\n\n\"Ah, Frederick, I am letting it fall.\"\n\n\"Let it go, then,\" Frederick said. \"In the name of the devil.",
"Then it fell down with a loud crash. The rascals below shouted, \"The devil is coming down the tree!\" They ran away and left everything behind. Early the next morning, when the two friends came down, they found all their gold again. They carried it safely home. Once they were back in their cozy house, Frederick said, \"Now, Catherine, you must work hard, too.\" \"Yes, Frederick,\" she promised. \"I will go to the field and cut the corn.\" When Catherine got to the field, she thought to herself, \"Should I eat before I cut, or should I sleep before I cut?\" \"Oh, I will eat first,\" she decided. Catherine ate her lunch, and the food made her very sleepy. She started to cut the corn, but she was half asleep. She cut right through her apron, her gown, and her shift until they were in tiny pieces.",
"When Catherine woke up after a long nap, she was standing there in her nightgown. She looked at herself and wondered, \"Is this really me?\" Then she shook her head. \"No, it isn't.\"\n\nNight had fallen, so she ran to the village. She knocked on her husband's window and called out, \"Frederick! What is wrong?\"\n\n\"I would like to know if Catherine is here,\" he asked.\n\n\"Yes, she is here,\" Frederick replied. \"She is asleep.\"\n\n\"That is good,\" she said. \"Then I am home already.\" She ran away quickly.\n\nOutside, she saw some bad men who were planning to steal things. Catherine went to them and said, \"I will help you steal.\"\n\nThe men thought she knew the best places to look, so they agreed. Catherine walked in front of the houses and shouted, \"Good people, do you have anything to give? We want to steal.",
"The thieves thought, \"That is a clever trick!\" They wished they were finally done with Catherine. Then they told her, \"Outside the village, the pastor has some turnips in his field. Go there and pull them up for us.\"\n\nCatherine went to the ground and started pulling the turnips. But she was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man walked by and saw her. He stopped and thought, \"The devil is down there, digging in the turnips!\"\n\nThe man ran to the village to find the pastor. He said, \"Mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip patch, digging them up!\"\n\n\"Oh, my goodness,\" answered the pastor. \"I have a hurt foot, so I cannot go out and chase him away.\"\n\nThe man said, \"Then I will carry you on my back.\" And he carried the pastor out to the field.",
"When they reached the ground, Catherine stood up tall and straight. \"Oh no!\" cried the pastor. He was very scared. They both ran away fast. The pastor ran even faster than the man who had carried him, even though the pastor had a hurt leg."
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"child_friendly_text": "Once upon a time, there was a man named Frederick and a woman named Catherine. They were a young married couple who lived happily together. One day, Frederick said, \"I am going out to plow the fields. When I come back, I want a hot meal to eat and a cool drink to drink.\" \"Go ahead, Frederick,\" answered Kate. \"I will have everything ready for you.\"\n\nSo, when it was almost time for dinner, she took a sausage from the chimney. She put it in a pan with some butter and set it on the fire. The sausage began to sizzle and pop. Catherine stood by the pan and held the handle. She was thinking about something while she cooked. Then, she had a wonderful idea. \"While the sausage is cooking,\" she thought, \"I can go to the cellar and get some fresh beer.\n\nSo she put the frying pan safely on the fire. She took a can and went down into the cool cellar to get some beer. The beer ran into the can, and Kate watched it. Then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not tied up. It might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a flash, she was up the cellar steps again. But the Spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and dragged it away on the ground. But Kate, who was not lazy, ran after it. She chased the dog a long way into the field. The dog, however, was faster than Kate and did not let the sausage go. It skipped over the furrows with it. \"What is gone is gone,\" said Kate. She turned around. As she had run until she was tired, she walked quietly and comfortably. She cooled herself in the fresh air.\n\nThe beer was still running out of the cask because Kate had not turned the tap. When the can was full and there was no other place for it, the beer ran into the cellar. It did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as Kate was on the steps, she saw the mess. \"Oh no!\" she cried. \"What shall I do now so Frederick does not find out?\" She thought for a while. Then, she remembered that up in the attic was a big sack of the finest wheat flour. She would bring it down and sprinkle it over the beer to hide the mess.\n\nYes,\" said she. \"If you save something when you should, you will have it when you need it.\" She climbed up to the attic and carried the sack downstairs. She threw it right down on the can of beer. The beer spilled everywhere, and Frederick’s drink swam in the cellar too.\n\n\"It is all right,\" said Kate. \"Where one thing is, the other should be too.\" She spread the meal all over the floor. When she was done, she was very happy with her work. She said, \"How clean and nice it looks down here.\"\n\nAt noon, Frederick came home. \"Well, wife, what do you have ready for me?\n\nOh, Freddy,\" she answered. \"I was frying a sausage for you. But while I went to get some beer to drink with it, the dog took the sausage away! While I ran after the dog, all the beer ran out of the cask. While I tried to dry it with flour, I knocked over the can, too. But don't worry, the cellar is dry again.\"\n\nSaid Frederick, \"Kate, Kate, you should not have done that. You should not let the sausage be carried off, or let the beer run out, or throw out all our flour.\"\n\n\"Well, Frederick,\" she said softly. \"I did not know that. You should have told me.\"\n\nThe man thought, \"If this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.\n\nNow he had saved up a good number of coins and changed them into gold. He said to Catherine, \"Look, these are yellow counters for playing games. I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger. But please, do not touch them, or it will be the worse for you.\"\n\nCatherine said, \"Oh, no, Frederick. I certainly will not go near them.\"\n\nAnd when Frederick was gone, some pedlars came into the village. They had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and they asked the young woman if there was anything she wanted to buy. \"Oh, dear people,\" said Catherine, \"I have no money and can buy nothing. But if you have any use for yellow counters, I will buy them from you.\"\n\n\"Yellow counters? Why not?\" they asked. \"But just let us see them.\n\nThen go into the stable and dig under the cow's food box, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The bad men went there, dug, and found pure gold. Then they took the gold and ran away. They left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine thought she must use her new things. She did not need them in the kitchen, so she knocked the bottom out of every pot. She put them all as pretty decorations on the fence around the house. When Frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, \"Catherine, what have you been doing?\" \"I bought them, Frederick,\" she said. \"I found the yellow counters under the cow's food box. I did not go there myself. The peddlers had to dig them out for themselves.\" \"Ah, wife,\" said Frederick. \"What have you done?\n\nThose coins were not just counters, but real, shiny gold. You should not have taken them, Frederick. I did not know that, said Catherine. You should have told me first. Catherine stood for a moment and thought. Then she said, Listen, Frederick, we will get the gold back. We will run after the thieves. Come, then, said Frederick. We will try it. But take some butter and cheese with us, so we can eat on the way. Yes, Frederick, I will take them. They set out. Frederick walked faster, and Catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, she thought. When we turn back, I will be a little way ahead. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.\n\nCatherine looked down at the road. She saw how the heavy wheels had torn up the grass and made deep holes. The poor earth looked so sad and hurt. Her heart felt very soft with kindness. She took a piece of butter from her pocket and gently smoothed it over the rough spots. She wanted to make the road feel better so the wheels would not hurt it.\n\nShe was bending down to help when a big cheese rolled out of her pocket. It tumbled down the hill. Catherine smiled. \"I have walked up here once,\" she said. \"I will not go down again. Someone else can go get it.\"\n\nSo, she took another cheese and rolled it down the hill, too. But the cheeses did not come back. She let a third one roll down, thinking, \"Maybe they are waiting for a friend and do not want to walk alone.\n\nAs they stayed away, she said, \"I do not know what that means. Maybe the third one got lost and went the wrong way. I will send the fourth one to call him.\" But the fourth one did not do any better than the third. Then Catherine got angry. She threw down the fifth and sixth ones, and those were her last helpers. She stood there for a long time, waiting for them to come back. But when they did not come, she said, \"Oh, you are good folks to go looking for death! You stay away for a very long time. Do you think I will wait any longer for you? I shall go my way. You may run after me, you have younger legs than I.\" Catherine went on and found Frederick. He was standing there waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.\n\nNow, please give me what you have brought,\" he said. She gave him the dry bread. \"Where is the butter and the cheese?\" asked the man. \"Oh, Freddy,\" said Catherine, \"I put the butter on the road, and the cheese will come soon. One piece ran away, so I sent the others to catch it.\" \"You should not have done that, Catherine,\" said Frederick. \"You smeared the butter on the road and let the cheese roll down the hill.\" \"Really, Freddy, you should have told me.\" Then they ate the dry bread together. \"Catherine, did you make the house safe when you left?\" asked Frederick. \"No, Freddy, you should have told me to do it first.\" \"Then go home and make the house safe before we go any farther,\" he said. \"And bring something else to eat. I will wait here for you.\n\nCatherine went back and thought, Frederick wants something more to eat. He does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she fastened the top half of the door, but she took the bottom door off its hinges and put it on her back. She thought that once the door was safe, the house would be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way and thought, Frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him, she said, \"Here is the house-door for you, Frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself.\" \"Oh, heavens!\" said he, \"what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.\n\nIt was too late to go back home now. But since you brought the door, you can just carry it a little farther. I will carry the door, Frederick. But the dried pears and the vinegar jug are too heavy for me. I will hang them on the door; maybe it can carry them for us.\n\nThey went into the forest to find the bad men, but they could not find them. As it grew dark, they climbed up a tree to spend the night there. Scarcely had they sat down at the top than the bad men came there. They take things that do not want to go and find things before they are lost. They sat down right under the tree where Frederick and Catherine were sitting. They lit a fire and were about to share their stolen things.\n\nFrederick got down on the other side and gathered some stones. Then he climbed back up, wanting to throw them at the thieves to stop them. But the stones missed, and the bad men shouted that the morning was coming soon because the wind was shaking down the fir cones. Catherine still had the door on her back. It felt so heavy that she thought it was because of the dried pears. She said, \"Frederick, I must throw the pears down.\" \"No, Catherine, not now,\" he replied. \"They might give us away.\" \"Oh, but I must,\" she said. \"They weigh me down so much.\" \"Then do it,\" he said. \"And be done with it.\" The dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the mean men below said, \"Those are just bird droppings.\n\nA little while later, Catherine spoke up. \"Frederick, I have to pour out the vinegar. It feels so heavy in my heart.\"\n\n\"No, Catherine, please don't,\" Frederick said. \"It might give us away.\"\n\n\"But I must, Frederick,\" she said. \"It weighs me down too much.\"\n\n\"Then do it,\" Frederick said. \"I don't care.\"\n\nSo, she poured out the vinegar. It splashed over the robbers. They whispered to each other, \"The dew is falling.\"\n\nCatherine thought for a moment. \"Can it really be the door that weighs me down?\" she asked. \"Frederick, I must throw the door down.\"\n\n\"No, not now, Catherine,\" Frederick said. \"It might give us away.\"\n\n\"Oh, but I must, Frederick. It weighs me down too much.\"\n\n\"Oh, no, Catherine, please hold it fast.\"\n\n\"Ah, Frederick, I am letting it fall.\"\n\n\"Let it go, then,\" Frederick said. \"In the name of the devil.\n\nThen it fell down with a loud crash. The rascals below shouted, \"The devil is coming down the tree!\" They ran away and left everything behind. Early the next morning, when the two friends came down, they found all their gold again. They carried it safely home. Once they were back in their cozy house, Frederick said, \"Now, Catherine, you must work hard, too.\" \"Yes, Frederick,\" she promised. \"I will go to the field and cut the corn.\" When Catherine got to the field, she thought to herself, \"Should I eat before I cut, or should I sleep before I cut?\" \"Oh, I will eat first,\" she decided. Catherine ate her lunch, and the food made her very sleepy. She started to cut the corn, but she was half asleep. She cut right through her apron, her gown, and her shift until they were in tiny pieces.\n\nWhen Catherine woke up after a long nap, she was standing there in her nightgown. She looked at herself and wondered, \"Is this really me?\" Then she shook her head. \"No, it isn't.\"\n\nNight had fallen, so she ran to the village. She knocked on her husband's window and called out, \"Frederick! What is wrong?\"\n\n\"I would like to know if Catherine is here,\" he asked.\n\n\"Yes, she is here,\" Frederick replied. \"She is asleep.\"\n\n\"That is good,\" she said. \"Then I am home already.\" She ran away quickly.\n\nOutside, she saw some bad men who were planning to steal things. Catherine went to them and said, \"I will help you steal.\"\n\nThe men thought she knew the best places to look, so they agreed. Catherine walked in front of the houses and shouted, \"Good people, do you have anything to give? We want to steal.\n\nThe thieves thought, \"That is a clever trick!\" They wished they were finally done with Catherine. Then they told her, \"Outside the village, the pastor has some turnips in his field. Go there and pull them up for us.\"\n\nCatherine went to the ground and started pulling the turnips. But she was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man walked by and saw her. He stopped and thought, \"The devil is down there, digging in the turnips!\"\n\nThe man ran to the village to find the pastor. He said, \"Mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip patch, digging them up!\"\n\n\"Oh, my goodness,\" answered the pastor. \"I have a hurt foot, so I cannot go out and chase him away.\"\n\nThe man said, \"Then I will carry you on my back.\" And he carried the pastor out to the field.\n\nWhen they reached the ground, Catherine stood up tall and straight. \"Oh no!\" cried the pastor. He was very scared. They both ran away fast. The pastor ran even faster than the man who had carried him, even though the pastor had a hurt leg.",
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"Once upon a time, there was a man named Frederick and a woman named Catherine. They were a young married couple who lived happily together. One day, Frederick said, \"I am going out to plow the fields. When I come back, I want a hot meal to eat and a cool drink to drink.\" \"Go ahead, Frederick,\" answered Kate. \"I will have everything ready for you.\"\n\nSo, when it was almost time for dinner, she took a sausage from the chimney. She put it in a pan with some butter and set it on the fire. The sausage began to sizzle and pop. Catherine stood by the pan and held the handle. She was thinking about something while she cooked. Then, she had a wonderful idea. \"While the sausage is cooking,\" she thought, \"I can go to the cellar and get some fresh beer.",
"So she put the frying pan safely on the fire. She took a can and went down into the cool cellar to get some beer. The beer ran into the can, and Kate watched it. Then she thought, oh, dear. The dog upstairs is not tied up. It might get the sausage out of the pan. Lucky I thought of it. And in a flash, she was up the cellar steps again. But the Spitz had the sausage in its mouth already, and dragged it away on the ground. But Kate, who was not lazy, ran after it. She chased the dog a long way into the field. The dog, however, was faster than Kate and did not let the sausage go. It skipped over the furrows with it. \"What is gone is gone,\" said Kate. She turned around. As she had run until she was tired, she walked quietly and comfortably. She cooled herself in the fresh air.",
"The beer was still running out of the cask because Kate had not turned the tap. When the can was full and there was no other place for it, the beer ran into the cellar. It did not stop until the whole cask was empty. As soon as Kate was on the steps, she saw the mess. \"Oh no!\" she cried. \"What shall I do now so Frederick does not find out?\" She thought for a while. Then, she remembered that up in the attic was a big sack of the finest wheat flour. She would bring it down and sprinkle it over the beer to hide the mess.",
"Yes,\" said she. \"If you save something when you should, you will have it when you need it.\" She climbed up to the attic and carried the sack downstairs. She threw it right down on the can of beer. The beer spilled everywhere, and Frederick’s drink swam in the cellar too.\n\n\"It is all right,\" said Kate. \"Where one thing is, the other should be too.\" She spread the meal all over the floor. When she was done, she was very happy with her work. She said, \"How clean and nice it looks down here.\"\n\nAt noon, Frederick came home. \"Well, wife, what do you have ready for me?",
"Oh, Freddy,\" she answered. \"I was frying a sausage for you. But while I went to get some beer to drink with it, the dog took the sausage away! While I ran after the dog, all the beer ran out of the cask. While I tried to dry it with flour, I knocked over the can, too. But don't worry, the cellar is dry again.\"\n\nSaid Frederick, \"Kate, Kate, you should not have done that. You should not let the sausage be carried off, or let the beer run out, or throw out all our flour.\"\n\n\"Well, Frederick,\" she said softly. \"I did not know that. You should have told me.\"\n\nThe man thought, \"If this is the kind of wife I have, I had better take more care of things.",
"Now he had saved up a good number of coins and changed them into gold. He said to Catherine, \"Look, these are yellow counters for playing games. I will put them in a pot and bury them in the stable under the cow's manger. But please, do not touch them, or it will be the worse for you.\"\n\nCatherine said, \"Oh, no, Frederick. I certainly will not go near them.\"\n\nAnd when Frederick was gone, some pedlars came into the village. They had cheap earthen bowls and pots, and they asked the young woman if there was anything she wanted to buy. \"Oh, dear people,\" said Catherine, \"I have no money and can buy nothing. But if you have any use for yellow counters, I will buy them from you.\"\n\n\"Yellow counters? Why not?\" they asked. \"But just let us see them.",
"Then go into the stable and dig under the cow's food box, and you will find the yellow counters. I am not allowed to go there. The bad men went there, dug, and found pure gold. Then they took the gold and ran away. They left their pots and bowls behind in the house. Catherine thought she must use her new things. She did not need them in the kitchen, so she knocked the bottom out of every pot. She put them all as pretty decorations on the fence around the house. When Frederick came and saw the new decorations, he said, \"Catherine, what have you been doing?\" \"I bought them, Frederick,\" she said. \"I found the yellow counters under the cow's food box. I did not go there myself. The peddlers had to dig them out for themselves.\" \"Ah, wife,\" said Frederick. \"What have you done?",
"Those coins were not just counters, but real, shiny gold. You should not have taken them, Frederick. I did not know that, said Catherine. You should have told me first. Catherine stood for a moment and thought. Then she said, Listen, Frederick, we will get the gold back. We will run after the thieves. Come, then, said Frederick. We will try it. But take some butter and cheese with us, so we can eat on the way. Yes, Frederick, I will take them. They set out. Frederick walked faster, and Catherine followed him. It is to my advantage, she thought. When we turn back, I will be a little way ahead. Then she came to a hill where there were deep ruts on both sides of the road.",
"Catherine looked down at the road. She saw how the heavy wheels had torn up the grass and made deep holes. The poor earth looked so sad and hurt. Her heart felt very soft with kindness. She took a piece of butter from her pocket and gently smoothed it over the rough spots. She wanted to make the road feel better so the wheels would not hurt it.\n\nShe was bending down to help when a big cheese rolled out of her pocket. It tumbled down the hill. Catherine smiled. \"I have walked up here once,\" she said. \"I will not go down again. Someone else can go get it.\"\n\nSo, she took another cheese and rolled it down the hill, too. But the cheeses did not come back. She let a third one roll down, thinking, \"Maybe they are waiting for a friend and do not want to walk alone.",
"As they stayed away, she said, \"I do not know what that means. Maybe the third one got lost and went the wrong way. I will send the fourth one to call him.\" But the fourth one did not do any better than the third. Then Catherine got angry. She threw down the fifth and sixth ones, and those were her last helpers. She stood there for a long time, waiting for them to come back. But when they did not come, she said, \"Oh, you are good folks to go looking for death! You stay away for a very long time. Do you think I will wait any longer for you? I shall go my way. You may run after me, you have younger legs than I.\" Catherine went on and found Frederick. He was standing there waiting for her because he wanted something to eat.",
"Now, please give me what you have brought,\" he said. She gave him the dry bread. \"Where is the butter and the cheese?\" asked the man. \"Oh, Freddy,\" said Catherine, \"I put the butter on the road, and the cheese will come soon. One piece ran away, so I sent the others to catch it.\" \"You should not have done that, Catherine,\" said Frederick. \"You smeared the butter on the road and let the cheese roll down the hill.\" \"Really, Freddy, you should have told me.\" Then they ate the dry bread together. \"Catherine, did you make the house safe when you left?\" asked Frederick. \"No, Freddy, you should have told me to do it first.\" \"Then go home and make the house safe before we go any farther,\" he said. \"And bring something else to eat. I will wait here for you.",
"Catherine went back and thought, Frederick wants something more to eat. He does not like butter and cheese, so I will take with me a handkerchief full of dried pears and a pitcher of vinegar for him to drink. Then she fastened the top half of the door, but she took the bottom door off its hinges and put it on her back. She thought that once the door was safe, the house would be well taken care of. Catherine took her time on the way and thought, Frederick will rest himself so much the longer. When she had once reached him, she said, \"Here is the house-door for you, Frederick, and now you can take care of the house yourself.\" \"Oh, heavens!\" said he, \"what a wise wife I have. She takes the under-door off the hinges that everything may run in, and bolts the upper one.",
"It was too late to go back home now. But since you brought the door, you can just carry it a little farther. I will carry the door, Frederick. But the dried pears and the vinegar jug are too heavy for me. I will hang them on the door; maybe it can carry them for us.\n\nThey went into the forest to find the bad men, but they could not find them. As it grew dark, they climbed up a tree to spend the night there. Scarcely had they sat down at the top than the bad men came there. They take things that do not want to go and find things before they are lost. They sat down right under the tree where Frederick and Catherine were sitting. They lit a fire and were about to share their stolen things.",
"Frederick got down on the other side and gathered some stones. Then he climbed back up, wanting to throw them at the thieves to stop them. But the stones missed, and the bad men shouted that the morning was coming soon because the wind was shaking down the fir cones. Catherine still had the door on her back. It felt so heavy that she thought it was because of the dried pears. She said, \"Frederick, I must throw the pears down.\" \"No, Catherine, not now,\" he replied. \"They might give us away.\" \"Oh, but I must,\" she said. \"They weigh me down so much.\" \"Then do it,\" he said. \"And be done with it.\" The dried pears rolled down between the branches, and the mean men below said, \"Those are just bird droppings.",
"A little while later, Catherine spoke up. \"Frederick, I have to pour out the vinegar. It feels so heavy in my heart.\" \"No, Catherine, please don't,\" Frederick said. \"It might give us away.\" \"But I must, Frederick,\" she said. \"It weighs me down too much.\" \"Then do it,\" Frederick said. \"I don't care.\" So, she poured out the vinegar. It splashed over the robbers. They whispered to each other, \"The dew is falling.\" Catherine thought for a moment. \"Can it really be the door that weighs me down?\" she asked. \"Frederick, I must throw the door down.\" \"No, not now, Catherine,\" Frederick said. \"It might give us away.\" \"Oh, but I must, Frederick. It weighs me down too much.\" \"Oh, no, Catherine, please hold it fast.\" \"Ah, Frederick, I am letting it fall.\" \"Let it go, then,\" Frederick said.",
"\"In the name of the devil.",
"Then it fell down with a loud crash. The rascals below shouted, \"The devil is coming down the tree!\" They ran away and left everything behind. Early the next morning, when the two friends came down, they found all their gold again. They carried it safely home. Once they were back in their cozy house, Frederick said, \"Now, Catherine, you must work hard, too.\" \"Yes, Frederick,\" she promised. \"I will go to the field and cut the corn.\" When Catherine got to the field, she thought to herself, \"Should I eat before I cut, or should I sleep before I cut?\" \"Oh, I will eat first,\" she decided. Catherine ate her lunch, and the food made her very sleepy. She started to cut the corn, but she was half asleep. She cut right through her apron, her gown, and her shift until they were in tiny pieces.",
"When Catherine woke up after a long nap, she was standing there in her nightgown. She looked at herself and wondered, \"Is this really me?\" Then she shook her head. \"No, it isn't.\"\n\nNight had fallen, so she ran to the village. She knocked on her husband's window and called out, \"Frederick! What is wrong?\"\n\n\"I would like to know if Catherine is here,\" he asked.\n\n\"Yes, she is here,\" Frederick replied. \"She is asleep.\"\n\n\"That is good,\" she said. \"Then I am home already.\" She ran away quickly.\n\nOutside, she saw some bad men who were planning to steal things. Catherine went to them and said, \"I will help you steal.\"\n\nThe men thought she knew the best places to look, so they agreed. Catherine walked in front of the houses and shouted, \"Good people, do you have anything to give? We want to steal.",
"The thieves thought, \"That is a clever trick!\" They wished they were finally done with Catherine. Then they told her, \"Outside the village, the pastor has some turnips in his field. Go there and pull them up for us.\"\n\nCatherine went to the ground and started pulling the turnips. But she was so lazy that she never stood up straight. Then a man walked by and saw her. He stopped and thought, \"The devil is down there, digging in the turnips!\"\n\nThe man ran to the village to find the pastor. He said, \"Mr. Pastor, the devil is in your turnip patch, digging them up!\"\n\n\"Oh, my goodness,\" answered the pastor. \"I have a hurt foot, so I cannot go out and chase him away.\"\n\nThe man said, \"Then I will carry you on my back.\" And he carried the pastor out to the field.",
"When they reached the ground, Catherine stood up tall and straight. \"Oh no!\" cried the pastor. He was very scared. They both ran away fast. The pastor ran even faster than the man who had carried him, even though the pastor had a hurt leg."
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