“He likewise gave her an egg and said, " Preserve the egg carefully for me, and carry it continually about with thee, for a great misfortune would arise from the loss of it." She took the keys and the egg, and promised to obey him in everything. When he was gone, she went all round the house from the bottom to the top, and examined everything. The rooms shone with silver and gold, and she thougnt she had never seen such great splendour.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 46 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan