She went outside, and took the fiery whip. And she struck the marsh once, and it was dried up; a second time she struck, and it was ploughed; the third time she struck, it was sowed; the fourth time she struck, and the maize was roasted; and in the morning he gave him roasted maize.
She said to him, ‘We are three maidens. He will make us all alike, will call you to guess which is the eldest, which is the middle one, and which the youngest; and you will not be able to guess, for we shall be all just alike. I shall be at the top, and notice my feet, for I shall keep tapping one foot on the other; the middle one will be in the middle, and the eldest fronting you, and so you will know.’
The Devil said to him, ‘One more task I will give you. Fell the whole forest, and stack it by to-morrow.’
He went to the maiden, and the maiden asked him, ‘Have you a father and mother?’
‘I have.’
‘Ah! let us fly, for my father will kill you. Take the whetstone, and take a comb; I have a towel.’
They set out and fled. The Devil arose, saw that the forest is not felled. ‘Go and call him to me.’
Ho, ho! there is neither the lad nor the maiden.
‘Hah! go after them.’
They went, and the two saw them coming after them. And she said to him, ‘I will make myself a field of wheat, and do you make yourself to be looking at the wheat, and they will ask you, “Didn’t a maiden and a lad pass by?” “Bah! they passed when I was sowing the wheat.” ’