The Husband Who Was to Mind the House the end of the rope to himself. He went to grind grain for the porridge, but the cow fell off, and because he had run the rope through the chimney, it dragged him up. The wife returned and cut the rope so the cow came down but she found her husband with his head stuck in the pot. The Husband Who Was to Mind the House The Husband Who Was to Mind the House is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their "Norske Folkeeventyr". It is Aarne-Thompson type 1408 The man who does
The Railway Children being a criminal. The Railway Children The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in "The London Magazine" during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known. The "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" credits Oswald Barron, who had a deep affection for Nesbit, with having provided the plot. The setting is thought to be inspired by Edith's walks to Chelsfield railway station close to where she lived, and her observing the construction of the railway cutting