On this he grew angry, and said,
"If you will not take care, I cannot help you, I will not be burnt with
you," and he hung them up again each in his turn. Then he sat down by
his fire and fell asleep, and the next morning the man came to him and
wanted to have the fifty thalers, and said, "Well, dost thou know how
to shudder?" "No," answered he, "how was I to get to know? Those fellows
up there did not open their mouths, and were so stupid that they let the
few old rags which they had on their bodies get burnt." Then the man saw
that he would not get the fifty thalers that day, and went away saying,
"One of this kind has never come my way before."
The youth likewise went his way, and once more began to mutter to
himself, "Ah, if I could but shudder! Ah, if I could but shudder!" A
waggoner who was striding behind him heard that and asked, "Who are
you?" "I don't know," answered the youth. Then the waggoner asked,
"From whence comest thou?" "I know not." "Who is thy father?" "That I
may not tell thee." "What is it that thou art always muttering between
thy teeth.
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