“A clever John of this kind was once sent out by his master to seek a lost cow. He stayed away a long time, and the master thought, " Faithful John does not spare any pains over his work ! " As, however, he did not come back at all, the master was afraid lest some misfortune had befallen him, and set out himself to look for him. He had to search a long time, but at last he perceived the boy who was running up and down a large field.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 162 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan