“" Thou must say, may God have pity on the poor soul." Again the youth walked on for a long while and said, " May God have pity on the poor soul ! " Then he came to a pit by which stood a knacker who was cutting up a horse. The youth said, " Good morning ; God have pity on the poor soul ! " " What dost thou say, thou ill- tempered "knave ? " and the knacker gave him such a box on tlie ear, that he could not see out of his eyes.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 143 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan