One night a peasant who had wandered farther than most came back with the same tale, adding that an old crone stirred the fire now and again, which sent the children away, shrieking, and an old man had carried a sack into the woods, with women and children weeping and trying to pull down the sack, and a black cat as big as a foal.
A peasant who had wandered further than most returned with a tale of strange events: an old woman stirring the fire, causing fear in children; an elderly man carrying a sack into the woods, with women and children crying and trying to tear it down; a large black cat.