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...caused him this mischief. Next went out the second son to work ; and his mother gave him too a pasty and a bottle of wine. And the same little old man met him also, and asked him for something to eat and drink. But he too thought himself vastly clever, and said, " Whatever you get,...

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...caused him this mischief. Next went out the second son to work ; and his mother gave him too a pasty and a bottle of wine. And the same little old man met him also, and asked him for something to eat and drink. But he too thought himself vastly clever, and said, " Whatever you get,...

...sent him this mischief. Next went out the second son to work : and his mother gave him too a pasty and a bottle of wine. And the same little old man met him also, and asked him Blessing on its owner, seems only one of the various types by which, in these tales, happiness, wealth,...

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...caused him this mischief. Next went out the second son to work; and his mother gave him too a pasty and a bottle of wine. And the same little old man met him also, and asked him for something to eat and drink. But he too thought himself vastly clever, and said, "Whatever you get,...