The second son asks his mother to give him a cake, for he wishes to go as a servant, like his brother. She gives him one, and he goes away like his brother. He meets an old woman, who says to him,
“Give me a little of your cake.”
“I prefer to throw it into this muddy clay rather than to give you any of it.”
He asks her if she knows of a servant’s place. She replies, “No.” And on he goes, on, on, on, deeper into the forest. He meets a huge bear. He says to him,
“Ant of the earth! Who has given you permission to come here?”
“Who should give it me? I have taken it myself.”
And the bear devours him.
The third son asks his mother to give him a cake, for he wishes to go off, like his brothers. He sets off, and walks on, and on, and on. And he finds an old woman. She asks him,
“Where are you going?”
“I want a situation as servant.”