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1The next man he met was a countryman carrying a fine white goose. The countryman stopped to ask what was o'clock; this
2led to further chat; and Hans told him all his luck, how he had so many good bargains, and how all the world went gay
3and smiling with him. The countryman then began to tell his tale, and said he was going to take the goose to a
4christening. 'Feel,' said he, 'how heavy it is, and yet it is only eight weeks old. Whoever roasts and eats it will find
5plenty of fat upon it, it has lived so well!' 'You're right,' said Hans, as he weighed it in his hand; 'but if you talk
6of fat, my pig is no trifle.' Meantime the countryman began to look grave, and shook his head. 'Hark ye!' said he, 'my
7worthy friend, you seem a good sort of fellow, so I can't help doing you a kind turn. Your pig may get you into a
8scrape. In the village I just came from, the squire has had a pig stolen out of his sty. I was dreadfully afraid when I
9saw you that you had got the squire's pig. If you have, and they catch you, it will be a bad job for you. The least they
10will do will be to throw you into the horse-pond. Can you swim?' Poor Hans was sadly frightened. 'Good man,' cried he,
11'pray get me out of this scrape. I know nothing of where the pig was either bred or born; but he may have been the
12squire's for aught I can tell: you know this country better than I do, take my pig and give me the goose.' 'I ought to
13have something into the bargain,' said the countryman; 'give a fat goose for a pig, indeed! 'Tis not everyone would do
14so much for you as that. However, I will not be hard upon you, as you are in trouble.' Then he took the string in his
15hand, and drove off the pig by a side path; while Hans went on the way homewards free from care. 'After all,' thought
16he, 'that chap is pretty well taken in. I don't care whose pig it is, but wherever it came from it has been a very good
17friend to me. I have much the best of the bargain. First there will be a capital roast; then the fat will find me in
18goose-grease for six months; and then there are all the beautiful white feathers. I will put them into my pillow, and
19then I am sure I shall sleep soundly without rocking. How happy my mother will be! Talk of a pig, indeed! Give me a fine
20fat goose.' As he came to the next village, he saw a scissor-grinder with his wheel, working and singing, 'O'er hill and
21o'er dale So happy I roam, Work light and live well, All the world is my home; Then who so blythe, so merry as I?' Hans
22stood looking on for a while, and at last said, 'You must be well off, master grinder! you seem so happy at your work.'
23'Yes,' said the other, 'mine is a golden trade; a good grinder never puts his hand into his pocket without finding money
24in it--but where did you get that beautiful goose?' 'I did not buy it, I gave a pig for it.' 'And where did you get the
25pig?' 'I gave a cow for it.' 'And the cow?' 'I gave a horse for it.' 'And the horse?' 'I gave a lump of silver as big as
26my head for it.' 'And the silver?' 'Oh! I worked hard for that seven long years.' 'You have thriven well in the world
27hitherto,' said the grinder, 'now if you could find money in your pocket whenever you put your hand in it, your fortune
28would be made.' 'Very true: but how is that to be managed?' 'How? Why, you must turn grinder like myself,' said the
29other; 'you only want a grindstone; the rest will come of itself. Here is one that is but little the worse for wear: I
30would not ask more than the value of your goose for it--will you buy?' 'How can you ask?' said Hans; 'I should be the
31happiest man in the world, if I could have money whenever I put my hand in my pocket: what could I want more? there's
32the goose.' 'Now,' said the grinder, as he gave him a common rough stone that lay by his side, 'this is a most capital
33stone; do but work it well enough, and you can make an old nail cut with it.' Hans took the stone, and went his way with
34a light heart: his eyes sparkled for joy, and he said to himself, 'Surely I must have been born in a lucky hour;
35everything I could want or wish for comes of itself. People are so kind; they seem really to think I do them a favour in
36letting them make me rich, and giving me good bargains.' Meantime he began to be tired, and hungry too, for he had given
37away his last penny in his joy at getting the cow. At last he could go no farther, for the stone tired him sadly: and he
38dragged himself to the side of a river, that he might take a drink of water, and rest a while. So he laid the stone
39carefully by his side on the bank: but, as he stooped down to drink, he forgot it, pushed it a little, and down it
40rolled, plump into the stream. For a while he watched it sinking in the deep clear water; then sprang up and danced for
41joy, and again fell upon his knees and thanked Heaven, with tears in his eyes, for its kindness in taking away his only
42plague, the ugly heavy stone. 'How happy am I!' cried he; 'nobody was ever so lucky as I.' Then up he got with a light
43heart, free from all his troubles, and walked on till he reached his mother's house, and told her how very easy the road
44to good luck was.
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