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Updated: August 16, 2024
'Well, said Blockhead-Hans, 'if I can't have a horse, I will take the goat which is mine; he can carry me! And he did so. He sat astride on the goat, struck his heels into its side, and went rattling down the high-road like a hurricane. 'Hoppetty hop! what a ride! Here I come! shouted Blockhead-Hans, singing so that the echoes were roused far and near.
But his brothers were riding slowly in front. They were not speaking, but they were thinking over all the good things they were going to say, for everything had to be thought out. 'Hullo! bawled Blockhead-Hans, 'here I am! Just look what I found on the road! and he showed them a dead crow which he had picked up. 'Blockhead! said his brothers, 'what are you going to do with it? 'With the crow?
'Here is a cooking implement with tin rings, and he drew out the old wooden shoe, and laid the crow in it. 'That is quite a meal! said the Princess; 'but where shall we get the soup from? 'I've got that in my pocket! said Blockhead-Hans. 'I have so much that I can quite well throw some away! and he poured some mud out of his pocket. 'I like you! said the Princess.
Are you going to send that, too, to the Princess? 'Of course I shall! returned Blockhead-Hans; and the brothers laughed and rode on a good way. 'Slap! bang! here I am! cried Blockhead-Hans; 'better and better it is really famous! 'What have you found now? asked the brothers. 'Oh, said Blockhead-Hans, 'it is really too good! How pleased the Princess will be!
And the reporters giggled, and each dropped a blot of ink on the floor. 'Ah! are those the great people? said Blockhead-Hans. 'Then I will give the editor the best! So saying, he turned his pockets inside out, and threw the mud right in his face. 'That was neatly done! said the Princess. 'I couldn't have done it; but I will soon learn how to!
Then they oiled the corners of their mouths so that they might be able to speak more fluently. All the servants stood in the courtyard and saw them mount their steeds, and here by chance came the third brother; for the squire had three sons, but nobody counted him with his brothers, for he was not so learned as they were, and he was generally called 'Blockhead-Hans.
Blockhead-Hans became King, got a wife and a crown, and sat on the throne; and this we have still damp from the newspaper of the editor and the reporters and they are not to be believed for a moment. There was once a Darning-needle who thought herself so fine that she believed she was an embroidery-needle.
'Why! said the brothers, 'this is pure mud, straight from the ditch. 'Of course it is! said Blockhead-Hans, 'and it is the best kind! Look how it runs through one's fingers! and, so saying, he filled his pocket with the mud. But the brothers rode on so fast that dust and sparks flew all around, and they reached the gate of the town a good hour before Blockhead-Hans.
'Oh, oh! said Blockhead-Hans. 'Where are you off to? You are in your Sunday-best clothes! 'We are going to Court, to woo the Princess! Don't you know what is known throughout all the country side? And they told him all about it. 'Hurrah! I'll go to! cried Blockhead-Hans; and the brothers laughed at him and rode off. 'Dear father! cried Blockhead-Hans, 'I must have a horse too.
I am roasting young chickens to-day! said the Princess. 'That's good! replied Blockhead-Hans; 'then can I roast a crow with them? 'With the greatest of pleasure! said the Princess; 'but have you anything you can roast them in? for I have neither pot nor saucepan. 'Oh, rather! said Blockhead-Hans.
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