Yelling with pain he ran across the courtyard only to receive a kick from the donkey 's hind leg as he passed him . In the meantime the cock had been roused from his slumbers , and feeling very cheerful he called out , from the shelf where he was perched , ` Kikeriki ! ' Then the robber hastened back to his captain and said : ` Sir , there is a dreadful witch in the house , who spat at me and scratched my face with her long fingers ; and before the door there stands a man with a long knife , who cut my leg severely . In the courtyard outside lies a black monster , who fell upon me with a huge wooden club ; and that is not all , for , sitting on the roof , is a judge , who called out : `` Bring the rascal to me . '' So I fled for dear life . ' After this the robbers dared not venture into the house again , and they abandoned it for ever . But the four street musicians were so delighted with their lodgings that they determined to take up their abode in the robbers ' house , and , for all I know to the contrary , they may be living there to this day . -LSB- From the German , Kletke . -RSB- THE TWIN BROTHERS Once there was a fisherman who had plenty of money but no children . One day an old woman came to his wife and said : ` What use is all your prosperity to you when you have no children ? ' ` It is God 's will , ' answered the fisherman 's wife . ` Nay , my child , it is not God 's will , but the fault of your husband ; for if he would but catch the little gold-fish you would surely have children . To-night , when he comes home , tell him he must go back and catch the little fish . He must then cut it in six pieces -- one of these you must eat , and your husband the second , and soon after you will have two children . The third piece you must give to the dog , and she will have two puppies . The fourth piece give to the mare , and she will have two foals . The fifth piece bury on the right of the house door , and the sixth on the left , and two cypress trees will spring up there . ' When the fisherman came home at evening his wife told him all that the old woman had advised , and he promised to bring home the little gold-fish . Next morning , therefore , he went very early to the water , and caught the little fish . Then they did as the old woman had ordered , and in due time the fisherman 's wife had two sons , so like each other that no one could tell the difference .
The dog had two puppies exactly alike , the mare had two foals , and on each side XXXXX the front door there sprang up two cypress trees precisely similar .
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