“Where are you going?” said the man.
“I’m going into the forest to make a trough for my father. He doesn’t like to eat at table in our company,” said Peter.
“Trough it shall he!” said the man. “What have you got in that bag of yours?” he added.
“Stones,” said Peter.
“Stones it shall be,” said the man. Peter then went into the forest and began to cut and chop away at the trees and work away as hard as he could, but in spite of all his cutting and chopping he could only turn out troughs. Toward dinner time he wanted something to eat and opened his bag. But there was not a crumb of food in it. As he had nothing to live upon, and as he did not turn out anything but troughs, he became tired of the work, took his ax and bag on his shoulder, and went home to his mother.
Paul then wanted to set out to try his luck at building the ship and winning the princess and half the kingdom. He asked his mother for provisions, and when the bag was ready he threw it over his shoulder and went on his way to the forest. On the road he met the old man, who was very crooked and decrepit.
“Where are you going?” said the man.
“Oh, I am going into the forest to make a trough for our sucking pig,” said Paul.
“Pig trough it shall be,” said the man. “What have you got in that bag of yours?” added the man.
“Stones,” said Paul.