maiden came at noon, she said: "how are you getting along?"
"we have finished four and are at work on the fifth."
"remember," said she, "you must finish all of them today or i shall have to send you home."
so they worked away until a little before the sun set, when she appeared again. they had just finished the last. the field-mice had carefully dressed all the others (they did it better than the men), and there they lay spread out on the sands like a great field of something growing, only white.
got a long pole and fished in the water, but there were none.
said she: "yes, you shall be my husbands; 