Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 413
an answer. Humph ! said Hans, at last. W^ife, I amgetting hungry. I wish we might have dinner. Crash! Bang. Boom! There was a flash ofred light in the box, and out hopped two funnylittle men, who straightway went about layingthe table with all sorts of good things to eat. Soquickly did they do… … Hold! said the good wife, who was a care-ful, thrifty body and did not like waste. Surelythere is enough here for this day and to-mor-row ! At the word Enough the little men vanishedback into the casket and closed the lid. Well, that was a fine meal for Hans to sit downto, you may be sure, and such…
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