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Marleen sat weeping in the doorway, her fine silk dress was gone, her beautiful doll was nowhere to be seen, all the lovely toys had vanished. "Do not cry, dear sister," said Ludwig. "We are quite happy as we are. Come, let us have supper, for I am very hungry."
'Ah me! cried the wife, 'if I were but a thousand feet beneath the earth, that I might not hear that song. My father grieved when I was gone; then the woman fell down again as if dead. My sister loved me best of all; 'Well, said little Marleen, 'I will go out too and see if the bird will give me anything. So she went out. She laid her kerchief over me, And took my bones that they might lie
"See, sister dear," he called, "what a fine breakfast I have brought." "I am glad, brother," said Marleen, "for I am very hungry; but where did you find so many berries in so short a time, and such delicious ones, too?" Then Ludwig told his sister all about the fox, and how he had wished for the berries. "Was I not wise, dear sister, to get such a good breakfast for us with so little trouble?"
'Ah! said the wife, 'and I am so full of distress and uneasiness that my teeth chatter, and I feel as if there were a fire in my veins, and she tore open her dress; and all the while little Marleen sat in the corner and wept, and the plate on her knees was wet with her tears. The bird now flew to the juniper-tree and began singing: 'My mother killed her little son;
But Marleen was not satisfied, and cried: "Foolish boy! It was no ordinary fox whose foot you pulled out of the trap. If he could fill your pail with berries, just for the asking, he could do far greater things. You should have wished for something better. Go back into the forest, find the fox, and tell him that our cupboard must be always full of food whenever we are hungry."
'Look, mother, said the man, 'at the beautiful bird that is singing so magnificently; and how warm and bright the sun is, and what a delicious scent of spice in the air! My sister loved me best of all; then little Marleen laid her head down on her knees and sobbed. 'I must go outside and see the bird nearer, said the man. 'Ah, do not go! cried the wife.
"We are quite happy as we are." "No, no, I will not be satisfied!" said Marleen, "You must do as I tell you;" and she gave her brother no peace until he went again into the forest. "How now, little brother!" said the fox, when he saw Ludwig coming toward him through the trees; "is it not well with you?" "Alas, my sister is not satisfied with the dress," said Ludwig.
"What would she, little brother?" "A fine house in place of our poor old hut." "Go, little brother, it shall be as she wishes," said the fox. Soon Marleen wearied also of the stately house in which they now lived. "I am tired to death of this old doll and this empty house and this poor dress," she said. "I must have something to amuse me.
'Go to him again, said her mother, 'and if he does not answer, give him a box on the ear. So little Marleen went, and said, 'Brother, give me that apple, but he did not say a word; then she gave him a box on the ear, and his head rolled off. She was so terrified at this, that she ran crying and screaming to her mother.
"No, no, I will not be satisfied!" said Marleen. "You must do as I tell you;" and she gave her brother no peace until he went again into the forest. "How now, little brother!" said the fox, when he saw Ludwig coming toward him through the trees; "is it not well with you?" "Alas, my sister is not satisfied with the doll." "What would she, little brother?"
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