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1Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right--all that falls to them is so much gain--all their
2geese are swans--all their cards are trumps--toss them which way you will, they will always, like poor puss, alight upon
3their legs, and only move on so much the faster. The world may very likely not always think of them as they think of
4themselves, but what care they for the world? what can it know about the matter? One of these lucky beings was neighbour
5Hans. Seven long years he had worked hard for his master. At last he said, 'Master, my time is up; I must go home and
6see my poor mother once more: so pray pay me my wages and let me go.' And the master said, 'You have been a faithful and
7good servant, Hans, so your pay shall be handsome.' Then he gave him a lump of silver as big as his head. Hans took out
8his pocket-handkerchief, put the piece of silver into it, threw it over his shoulder, and jogged off on his road
9homewards. As he went lazily on, dragging one foot after another, a man came in sight, trotting gaily along on a capital
10horse. 'Ah!' said Hans aloud, 'what a fine thing it is to ride on horseback! There he sits as easy and happy as if he
11was at home, in the chair by his fireside; he trips against no stones, saves shoe-leather, and gets on he hardly knows
12how.' Hans did not speak so softly but the horseman heard it all, and said, 'Well, friend, why do you go on foot then?'
13'Ah!' said he, 'I have this load to carry: to be sure it is silver, but it is so heavy that I can't hold up my head, and
14you must know it hurts my shoulder sadly.' 'What do you say of making an exchange?' said the horseman. 'I will give you
15my horse, and you shall give me the silver; which will save you a great deal of trouble in carrying such a heavy load
16about with you.' 'With all my heart,' said Hans: 'but as you are so kind to me, I must tell you one thing--you will have
17a weary task to draw that silver about with you.' However, the horseman got off, took the silver, helped Hans up, gave
18him the bridle into one hand and the whip into the other, and said, 'When you want to go very fast, smack your lips
19loudly together, and cry "Jip!"' Hans was delighted as he sat on the horse, drew himself up, squared his elbows, turned
20out his toes, cracked his whip, and rode merrily off, one minute whistling a merry tune, and another singing, 'No care
21and no sorrow, A fig for the morrow! We'll laugh and be merry, Sing neigh down derry!' After a time he thought he should
22like to go a little faster, so he smacked his lips and cried 'Jip!' Away went the horse full gallop; and before Hans
23knew what he was about, he was thrown off, and lay on his back by the road-side. His horse would have ran off, if a
24shepherd who was coming by, driving a cow, had not stopped it. Hans soon came to himself, and got upon his legs again,
25sadly vexed, and said to the shepherd, 'This riding is no joke, when a man has the luck to get upon a beast like this
26that stumbles and flings him off as if it would break his neck. However, I'm off now once for all: I like your cow now a
27great deal better than this smart beast that played me this trick, and has spoiled my best coat, you see, in this
28puddle; which, by the by, smells not very like a nosegay. One can walk along at one's leisure behind that cow--keep good
29company, and have milk, butter, and cheese, every day, into the bargain. What would I give to have such a prize!'
30'Well,' said the shepherd, 'if you are so fond of her, I will change my cow for your horse; I like to do good to my
31neighbours, even though I lose by it myself.' 'Done!' said Hans, merrily. 'What a noble heart that good man has!'
32thought he. Then the shepherd jumped upon the horse, wished Hans and the cow good morning, and away he rode. Hans
33brushed his coat, wiped his face and hands, rested a while, and then drove off his cow quietly, and thought his bargain
34a very lucky one. 'If I have only a piece of bread (and I certainly shall always be able to get that), I can, whenever I
35like, eat my butter and cheese with it; and when I am thirsty I can milk my cow and drink the milk: and what can I wish
36for more?' When he came to an inn, he halted, ate up all his bread, and gave away his last penny for a glass of beer.
37When he had rested himself he set off again, driving his cow towards his mother's village. But the heat grew greater as
38soon as noon came on, till at last, as he found himself on a wide heath that would take him more than an hour to cross,
39he began to be so hot and parched that his tongue clave to the roof of his mouth. 'I can find a cure for this,' thought
40he; 'now I will milk my cow and quench my thirst': so he tied her to the stump of a tree, and held his leathern cap to
41milk into; but not a drop was to be had. Who would have thought that this cow, which was to bring him milk and butter
42and cheese, was all that time utterly dry? Hans had not thought of looking to that. While he was trying his luck in
43milking, and managing the matter very clumsily, the uneasy beast began to think him very troublesome; and at last gave
44him such a kick on the head as knocked him down; and there he lay a long while senseless. Luckily a butcher soon came
45by, driving a pig in a wheelbarrow. 'What is the matter with you, my man?' said the butcher, as he helped him up. Hans
46told him what had happened, how he was dry, and wanted to milk his cow, but found the cow was dry too. Then the butcher
47gave him a flask of ale, saying, 'There, drink and refresh yourself; your cow will give you no milk: don't you see she
48is an old beast, good for nothing but the slaughter-house?' 'Alas, alas!' said Hans, 'who would have thought it? What a
49shame to take my horse, and give me only a dry cow! If I kill her, what will she be good for? I hate cow-beef; it is not
50tender enough for me. If it were a pig now--like that fat gentleman you are driving along at his ease--one could do
51something with it; it would at any rate make sausages.' 'Well,' said the butcher, 'I don't like to say no, when one is
52asked to do a kind, neighbourly thing. To please you I will change, and give you my fine fat pig for the cow.' 'Heaven
53reward you for your kindness and self-denial!' said Hans, as he gave the butcher the cow; and taking the pig off the
54wheel-barrow, drove it away, holding it by the string that was tied to its leg. So on he jogged, and all seemed now to
55go right with him: he had met with some misfortunes, to be sure; but he was now well repaid for all. How could it be
56otherwise with such a travelling companion as he had at last got?
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