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Title: Stories for the household
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894 Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: London : G. Routledge and Sons

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right. Shall we wager? said the Englishman. We 11 wager coined goldby the ton—a hundred pounds to the hundredweight! A bushel will be enough, replied the peasant. I can only set thebushel of apples against it; and I 11 throw myself and my old womaninto the bargain—and I fancy thats piling up the measure. Done—taken ! And the bet was made. The hosts carriage came up, and the English-men got in, and the peasant got in; away they went, and soon theystopped before the peasants hut. (rood evening, old woman. Good evening, old man. I ve made the exchange. Yes, you understand what you re about, said the woman. And she embraced him, and paid no attention to the stranger guests,nor did she notice the sack. I got a cow in exchange for the horse, said he. Heaven be thanked ! said she. What glorious milk we shall nowhave, and butter and cheese on the table! That was a most capital ex-change ! Yes, but I changed the cow for a sheep. Ah, thats better still! cried the wife. You always think of
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THE OLD MAN KELATES HIS SUCCESS. everything : we have just pasture enough for a sheep. Ewes-milk andcheese, and woollen jackets and stockings! The cow cannot give those,and her hairs will only coine off. How you think of everything! But I changed away the sheep for a goose. Then this year we shall really have roast goose to eat, my dear oldman. You are always thinking of something to give me pleasure. Howcharming that is! We can let the goose walk about with a string toher leg, and she 11 grow fatter still before we roast her. But I gave away the goose for a fowl, said the man. 126 Stories for the Household. A fowl ? That ivas a good exchange ! replied the woman. Thefowl will lay eggs and hatch them, and we shall have chickens: we shallhave a whole poultry-yard! Oh, that s just what I was wishing for. Yes, but I exchanged the fowl for a sack of shrivelled apples. What!—I must positively kiss you for that, exclaimed the wife. My dear, good husband ! Now I 11 tell you something. Do yo

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