“Do as you like,” said they; “we won’t be answerable for the results.”
So the girl bade the man get into the basket, drew him up, made a blazing fire, warmed him thoroughly, and gave him some dinner.
“Now you must go,” she said after a time, “you are warm, you have been fed, you have rested; what more do you want?”
“I must have supper with you.” To that the girl agreed, and then again told him to go away.
“I must sleep with you to-night,” said he.
Well, the girl did not know what to do, so she submitted.
The next morning after breakfast, the second daughter said to the man:—
“Now be off, we’ve had enough of you.”
“No, I am going to stay to dinner”: and after dinner it was:—“No, I am going to stay to supper,” and after supper the same thing as before.
The next day it was the third sister’s turn. Now the younger sisters are always more cunning than the elder ones, and this was no exception to the rule.