II
She knocked at the door, “Tap, tap, tap!”
“Come in!” said a deep voice.
She went into the house.
An old man was sitting at a table.
Near him she saw a cock, a hen, and a spotted cow.
“May I stop here all night?” said the oldest girl.
The old man looked at the animals and said,
“Pretty cock,
Pretty hen,
And you spotted cow,
What say you now?”
“Yes,” said the animals.
The oldest girl cooked a good supper.
Then she and the old man sat down at the table and ate it.
But she did not think of the poor animals.
After supper the animals said,
“You eat and you drink,
Of us you do not think.
So you shall have no bed,
To rest your tired head.”
Then she had to find her way home alone through the dark wood.
