There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really richpeasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant.He had not even so much as a cow, and still less money to buy one, andyet he and his wife did so wish to have one. One day he said to her:«Listen, I have a good idea, there is our gossip the carpenter, heshall make us a wooden calf, and paint it brown, so that it looks likeany other, and in time it will certainly get big and be a cow.» thewoman also liked the idea, and their gossip the carpenter cut andplaned the calf, and painted it as it ought to be, and made it withits head hanging down as if it were eating.
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