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whole cellar of wine. The Simpleton thought that
the little grey man would be able to help him,
and went out into the forest, and there, on the
very spot where he felled the tree, he saw a man
sitting with a very sad countenance. The
Simpleton asked him what was the matter, and he
answered, "I have a great thirst, which I cannot
quench: cold water does not agree with me; I
have indeed drunk up a whole cask of wine, but
what good is a drop like that?" Then said the
Simpleton, "I can help you; only come with me,
and you shall have enough." He took him straight
to the king's cellar, and the man sat himself down
before the big vats, and drank, and drank, and
before a day was over he had drunk up the whole
cellar-full.__

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