But the second son made the same sensible answer, ‘If I give you any, I shall have the less for myself. In the same way the little grey Man met him, and asked for a piece of his cake and a drop of his wine. The second son now had to go into the forest to cut wood, and, like the eldest, his mother gave him a sweet cake and a bottle of wine. Now, this was no accident: it was brought about by the little grey Man. But he had not been long at work, cutting down a tree, before he made a false stroke, and dug the axe into his own arm, and he was obliged to go home to have it bound up. He left the little Man standing there, and went on his way. I am so hungry and thirsty!’īut the clever son said: ‘If I give you my cake and wine, I shan’t have enough for myself. In the wood he met a little, old, grey Man, who bade him good-day and said, ‘Give me a bit of the cake in your pocket and let me have a drop of your wine. The eldest son was going into the forest to cut wood, and before he started, his mother gave him a nice sweet cake and a bottle of wine to take with him, so that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst. The youngest of them was called Simpleton he was scorned and despised by the others, and kept in the background.
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