The next morning early the old woman woke up and said:
“Some one is knocking at the door.”
So the old man got up and went to the door and opened it.
“See,” said the bear, “I have brought you a jar full of honey.”
“Very well,” said the old man, and he gave the jar to the old woman who put it on the shelf.
Then came the wolf driving a flock of sheep into the yard.
“See,” said the wolf, “I have brought you a flock of sheep.”
“Very well,” said the old man, and he drove the sheep into the pasture.
Then came the fox, with many geese running before him, and the old man drove them into the pen; and then came the rabbit with cabbages and turnips and carrots and other good things, and the old woman took them and put them into the pot and cooked them.
And the old man said to the old woman, “Now we have sheep in the pasture and many geese in the pen, and we are rich, and I can give you something to please you.”