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Title: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore -- Germany
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Now, if one had a
nice young pig like that, it would taste ever so much better ;
and then, all the sausages !'
'Listen, Hans! 'then said the butcher, 'for your sake I
will exchange, and let you have the pig instead of the cow.'
'God reward your friendship!' said Hans, handing over
the cow, as the butcher untied the pig, and put the halter
with which it was tied into his hand.
Hans went on his way, thinking how well everything was
turning out for him. Even if a mishap befell him, something
else immediately happened to make up for it. Soon after
this, he met a lad carrying a beautiful white goose under his
arm. They passed the time of day, and Hans began to tell
him how lucky he was, and what successful bargains he had
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HANS IN LUCK

made. The lad told him that he was taking the goose for a
christening feast. 'Just feel it,' he wvent on, holding it up
by the wings. 'Feel how heavy it is ; it's true they have
been stuffing it for eight weeks. Whoever eats that roast
goose will have to wipe the fat off both sides of his mouth.'
Text Appearing After Image:
Just then a butcher came along: the road, trundling a young pig
in a wheel-barrow.
'Yes, indeed !' answered Hans, weighing it in his hand ;
'but my pig is no light weight either'.
Then the lad looked cautiously about from side to side,
and shook his head. 'Now, look here,' he began, 'I don'tbr>13

GRIMMS FAIRY TALES
think its all quite straight about your pig. One has just
been stolen out of Schultze's sty, in the village I have come
from. I fear, I fear it is the one you are leading. They
have sent people out to look for it, and it would be a bad
business for you if you were found with it; the least they
would do, would be to put you in the black hole.'
Poor Hans was very much frightened at this. 'Oh, dear !
oh dear !' he said. 'Do help me out of this trouble. You
are more at home here ; take my pig, and let me have your
goose.'
'Well, I shall run some risk if I do, but I wont be the means
of getting you into a scrape.'
So he took the rope in his hand, and quickly drove the pig
up a side road ; and honest Hans, relieved
of his trouble, plodded on with the goose under his arm.

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