“And the horses iu the court- yard stood up and shook themselves ; the hounds jumped up and wagged their tails ; the pigeons upon the roof pulled out their heads from under their wings, looked round, and flew into the open country ; the flies on the wall crept again ; the fire in the kitchen burned up and flickered and cooked the meat ; the joint began to turn and frizzle again, and the cook gave the boy such a box on the ear that he…”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 50 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan