“The youth, however, ate the whole of it himself, and asked if she had nothing more to set before him. "No," she replied, " that is all we have." " But that was only a taste, I must have more." She did not dare to oppose him, and went and put a huge caldron full of food on the fire, and when it was ready, carried it in. " At length come a few crumbs," said he, and ate all there was, but it was still not sufficient to appease his hunger.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 90 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan