He knocked off his hat in doing so, but then Hans didn’t care about a little thing like that.
He jumped on her back, and away they went, over fallen trees, stones, ditches, hedges, everything. They came in sight of the cottage at last, and the sound of their approach caused Mrs. Stockchen to look out of the window. When she saw who it was she fairly jumped for joy and she rushed out at once to meet them.
Hans fell into his mother’s arms. And they all lived happily ever afterward.