And when people ask him: "Who's Gentle Dora?" he tells them this story.
THE DEVIL'S MATCH
THE STORY OF A FARMER WHO REMEMBERED WHAT HIS GRANDMOTHER TOLD HIM
THE DEVIL'S MATCH
Once upon a time there was a poor farmer who lived in a wretched tumble-down cottage beyond the village and whose farm consisted of a miserable little field no bigger than your hand. His children were ragged and hungry and his wife was always worried over getting them enough to eat.