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However,thistimetheservantsaid,"
Master,Ihaveservedyouhonestlyforthreeyears.BesogoodastogivemewhatbyrightsIhavecomingtome.Iwouldliketobeonmywayandseesomethingelseoftheworld."
"
Yes,mygoodservant,"
answeredtheoldmiser,"
youhaveservedmewithoutcomplaint,andyoushallbekindlyrewarded."
Withthisheputhishandintohispocket,thencountedoutthreehellersoneatatime,saying,"
There,youhaveahellerforeachyear.Thatisalargeandgenerousreward.Onlyafewmasterswouldpayyouthismuch."
Thegoodservant,whounderstoodlittleaboutmoney,puthiswealthintohispocket,andthought,"
Ah,nowthatIhaveafullpurse,whyshouldIworryandcontinuetoplaguemyselfwithhardwork?
"
Sohesetforth,uphillanddown,singingandjumpingforjoy.
Nowitcametopassthatashewaspassingbyathicketalittledwarfsteppedout,andcalledtohim,"
Whereareyouheaded,BrotherMerry?
Youdon'
tseemtobeburdeneddownwithcares."
WhyshouldIbesad?
answeredtheservant."
IhaveeverythingIneed.Threeyears'
wagesarejinglinginmypocket.
Howmuchisyourtreasure?
thedwarfaskedhim.
Howmuch?
Threehellersinrealmoney,preciselycounted."
Listen,"
saidthedwarf,"
Iamapoorandneedyman.Givemeyourthreehellers.Icannolongerwork,butyouareyoungandcaneasilyearnyourbread."
Nowbecausetheservanthadagoodheartandfeltpityforthedwarf,hegavehimhisthreehellers,saying,"
InGod'
sname,Iwon'
tmissthem."
Thenthedwarfsaid,"
BecauseIseethatyouhaveagoodheartIwillgrantyouthreewishes,oneforeachheller.Theyshallallbefulfilled."
Aha,"
saidtheservant."
Youareamiracleworker.Well,then,ifitistobeso,firstofallIwishforablowpipethatwillhiteverythingIaimat;
second,forafiddle,thatwhenIplayit,anyonewhohearsitwillhavetodance;
andthird,thatwheneverIaskafavorofanyone,itwillbegranted."
Youshallhaveallthat,"
saidthedwarf.Hereachedintothebush,andwhatdoyouthink,therelayafiddleandablowpipe,allready,justasiftheyhadbeenordered.Hegavethemtotheservant,saying,"
Noonewilleverbeabletodenyanyrequestthatyoumightmake."
Whatmorecouldmyheartdesire?
saidtheservanttohimself,andwentmerrilyonhisway.
SoonafterwardhemetaJewwithalonggoatee,whowasstandinglisteningtoabirdsinginghighupinthetopofatree.
OneofGod'
sownmiracles,"
heshouted,"
thatsuchasmallcreatureshouldhavesuchafearfullyloudvoice.Ifonlyitweremine!
Ifonlysomeonewouldsprinklesomesaltonitstail!
Ifthatisallyouwant,"
saidtheservant,"
thenthebirdshallsoonbedownhere."
Hetookaim,hititprecisely,andthebirdfelldownintoathornhedge.
Rogue,"
hesaidtotheJew,"
Goandfetchthebirdoutforyourself."
Mygoodness,"
saidtheJew,"
don'
tcallmearogue,sir,butIwillbethedogandgetthebirdoutformyself.Afterall,you'
retheonewhoshotit."
Thenhelaydownonthegroundandbegancrawlingintothethicket.Whenhewasinthemiddleofthethorns,thegoodservantcouldnotresistthetemptationtopickuphisfiddleandbegintoplay.
TheJew'
slegsimmediatelybegantomove,andhejumpedup.Themoretheservantfiddledthebetterwentthedance.However,thethornsrippedaparttheJew'
sshabbycoat,combedhisbeard,andprickedandpinchedhimalloverhisbody.
criedtheJew,"
whatdoIwantwithyourfiddling?
Stopplaying,sir.Idon'
twanttodance."
Buttheservantdidnotlistentohim,andthought,"
Youhavefleecedpeopleoftenenough,andnowthethornhedgeshalldothesametoyou."
Hebegantoplayalloveragain,sothattheJewhadtojumpevenhigher,leavingscrapsfromhiscoathangingonthethorns.
Oh,woeisme!
criedtheJew."
Iwillgivethegentlemananythingheasks,ifonlyhequitsfiddling,evenapursefilledwithgold."
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