“I'll tell thee what I'll do : I will make them little shirts, and coats, and vests, and trousers, and knit both of them a pair of stockings, and do thou, too, make them two little pairs of shoes." The man said, "I shall be very glad to do it ;" and one night, when every thmg was ready, they laid their presents all together on the table instead of the cut-out work, and then concealed themselves to see how the little men would behave.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 39 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan