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from your flask; I am so hungry and thirsty." And
the Simpleton answered, "I have only a flour and
water cake and sour beer; but if that is good
enough for you, let us sit down together and
eat." Then they sat down, and as the Simpleton
took out his flour and water cake it became a rich
pancake, and his sour beer became good wine;
then they ate and drank, and afterwards the little
man said, "As you have such a kind heart, and
share what you have so willingly, I will bestow
good luck upon you. Yonder stands an old tree;
cut it down, and at its roots you will find some
thing," and thereupon the little man took his
departure.
The Simpleton went there, and hewed away at
the tree, and when it fell he saw, sitting among
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