Full text: Tales and fairy stories

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LITTLE KLAUS AND BIG KLAUS. 115 
the landlord ; but the dead woman did not answer y 
word, and remained stock still. 
“Don’t you hear me?” said the landlord, Here’s 
a glass of mead from your grandson.” 
This he bawled out a third time, and then a fourth $ 
but as she did not stir, he flew into g passion, and flung 
the mead into her face, right across her nose, when she 
fell backwards over the cart ; for she had only been set 
up, and not tied fast. 
‘““ Holloa !” cried Little Klaus, rushing to the door, 
and seizing’ hold of the landlord ; you have killed my 
grandmother. Look! here’s a great hole in her fore- 
head !”’ 
“What a misfortune!” exclaimed the landlord, 
wringing his hands. “This all comes of my hasty 
temper! My dear little Klaus! I'l] give you a bushel 
of money, and I'll have your grandmother buried, as if 
she were my own, if you will but say nothing about 
what has happened ; for else my head will be struck 
off, and that would be rather disagreeable, you know.” 
So Little Klaus received a whole bushel of money, 
and the landlord buried the old dame, as if she had 
been his own grandmother. | 
When Little Klaus had once more reached home 
with his load of money, he immediately sent a lad to 
Big Klaus to borrow a bushel of him. 
“What’s the meaning of this?” said Big Klaus. 
“Havent T struck him dead? I must look into the 
latter myself.” And so he went over himself with 
the bushel to Little Klaus’s dwelling. 
“ Why, where did you get all that money ?”’ asked 
he, in great astonishment on beholding the addition to 
his neighbour's wealth. 
“You killed my grandmother instead of me,” said 
Little Klaus; “so I’ve sold her for a bushel of 
Money.” 
“That’s handsomely paid for, at all events!” quoth 
Big Klaus; and hastening home, he seized his hatchet 
and killed his old grandmother at a blow ; after which,
	        
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