“" What ! the well and the spring too," growled the giant in his beard, for he was rather clownish and stupid, and began to be afraid. " That knave is not a fool, he has a wizard in his body. Be on thy guard, old Hans, this is no serving-man for thee." When the tailor had brought the water, the giant bade him go into the forest, and cut a couple of blocks of wood and bring them back. " Why not the whole forest, at once, witli one stroke.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 183 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan