All the time as he worked he sang over and over,
“Who is so merry, heigho! heigho!
As a dwarf who lives in the woods, heigho?
He may dance away by the light of the moon,
But happy is he with his magic spoon!”
At last the spoon got tired working and it said,
“Little dwarf, upon my word,
What would you do if that song were heard?”
The little dwarf was so surprised to hear the spoon speak that he stopped stirring the flour in the bowl, and just at that very minute there was heard a rap at the door.