He got up next morning; his brother-in-law gave him large sums of gold and silver.
They drew near to the house, he and his wife. Not far from this house was a small wood through which they had to pass, and in it they noticed a beautiful wand.
‘Let us take this wand,’ said his wife to him, ‘it is very pretty; we will plant it at home.’
He obeyed her, and took the wand. He reached the house; the father was very happy that his son was now married.
Five years passed away. The good God gave them a son. He went to the town to invite the godfathers. After the christening they came back from church; they ate, they drank, and at last everybody went away; he remained alone with his wife. One day he went to the town. When he came home, he saw that his wife was no longer there, and that the sapling also had disappeared. (It was no sapling, but a demon.) He began to lament.
‘Why do you lament?’ asked his father.
‘Do not anger me, father,’ he said, ‘for I am going out into the world.’
He got ready for the road; he set out. He came into a great forest. As it was beginning to rain, he took shelter under an oak; and in that very oak his wife was concealed. He slept for a little while; then he heard a child weeping.
‘Who is this that is crying?’ he asked of his wife.
‘It is your child.’