After this, the maiden and the tailor returned to the cave
beneath the earth, and had the vessels which were filled with smoke
carried up by the stone. The maiden had scarcely opened the bottles
when the blue smoke rushed out and changed itself into living men, in
whom she recognized her servants and her people. Her joy was still more
increased when her brother, who had killed the magician in the form
of the bull, came out of the forest towards them in his human form,
and on the self-same day the maiden, in accordance with her promise,
gave her hand at the altar to the lucky tailor.
164 Lazy Harry
Harry was lazy, and although he had nothing else to do but drive his
goat daily to pasture, he nevertheless groaned when he went home after
his day's work was done. "It is indeed a heavy burden," said he, "and
a wearisome employment to drive a goat into the field this way year
after year, till late into the autumn! If one could but lie down and
sleep, but no, one must have one's eyes open lest it hurts the young
trees, or squeezes itself through the hedge into a garden, or runs away
altogether.
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