In a corner near the door she spied a large pot , and she crept softly up to it and pulled the cover over it , and went to sleep . By-and-by the ogre came home . ` Fee , Fo , Fum , ' cried he , ' I smell the smell of a man . What ill fate has brought him here ? ' And he looked through all the rooms , and found nobody . ` Where are you ? ' he called . ` Do not be afraid , I will do you no harm . ' But the girl was still silent . ` Come out , I tell you , ' repeated the ogre . ` Your life is quite safe . If you are an old man , you shall be my father . If you are a boy , you shall be my son . If your years are as many as mine , you shall be my brother . If you are an old woman , you shall be my mother . If you are a young one , you shall be my daughter . If you are middle-aged , you shall be my wife . So come out , and fear nothing . ' Then the maiden came out of her hiding-place , and stood before him . -LSB- Illustration : The Maiden creeps out of the Pot . -RSB-
` Fear nothing , ' said the XXXXX again ; and when he went away to hunt he left her to look after the house .
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