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Dasent, the translator of Asbjörnsen's Norse Fairy Tales, has given this story in his collection entitled Tales from the Fjeld, where it is quoted as an example of the rigmaroles which are common to all nations, and which correspond to the English "The House that Jack Built." Der Riese und das Kind. Es war einmal ein Mann. Der Mann war arm. Er hatte eine Frau. Die Frau war auch arm.
Er setzte sich vor das Feuer, und da konnte er sich gut wärmen; und alles war gut, denn er hatte den uralten Hausvater gefunden. This peculiar old story is of Swedish or Norwegian origin. It forms part of Asbjörnsen's Norse Tales, and has been translated into English by Dasent in his volume "Tales of the Fjeld," where it is entitled: "The Father of the Family." Der Pfannkuchen.