Tales from the fjeld : a series of popular tales from the Norse of P. Ch. Asbjörnsen (1917)
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896, Smith, J. Moyr, ill · New York : Putnam's · leaf 63
were just as good as ever,all that the cat had gobbled up. The goodman ofthe house, and the goody in the byre, and Daisy thecow at the manger, and the leaf-picker in the home-field, and Mr. Stoat of Stoneheap, and Sir Squirrelof the Brake, and Reynard Slyboots, and Mr. Hopperthe hare, and Greedy… … Grumblegizzard ONCE on a time there were five goodies, whowere all reaping in a field; they were all child-less, and all wished to have a bairn. All atonce they set eyes on a strangely big goose-egg,almost as big as a mans head. I saw it first, said one. I saw it just as soon as you, screamed…
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