Never were their hearts
gladdened by the song and dance of the children issuing forth from
amongst the ancient oaks of the forest.
Hereafterthis
Once upon a time there was a farmer called Jan, and he lived all alone
by himself in a little farmhouse.
By-and-by he thought that he would like to have a wife to keep it all
vitty for him.
So he went a-courting a fine maid, and he said to her: "Will you marry
me?"
"That I will, to be sure," said she.
So they went to church, and were wed. After the wedding was over, she
got up on his horse behind him, and he brought her home. And they lived
as happy as the day was long.
One day, Jan said to his wife, "Wife can you milk-y?"
"Oh, yes, Jan, I can milk-y. Mother used to milk-y, when I lived home."
So he went to market and bought her ten red cows. All went well till one
day when she had driven them to the pond to drink, she thought they did
not drink fast enough. So she drove them right into the pond to make
them drink faster, and they were all drowned.
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