The Old Woman and the Old Man
O nce upon a time there was an old man and an old woman, who had not a single child in their old age, and it was very hard for them, because they had no help, not even to light the fire; when they came home from working in the fields, they were obliged to begin with lighting the fire and then prepare their food.
One day, when they were fretting and consulting each other, they determined to look for children whatever might happen.
The old man went one way, the old woman another, to find a child somewhere.
The old man met a dog, the old woman a mouse. When they met again the old woman asked:
"Husband, what have you found?"
"A little dog. And you, wife?"
"A little mouse."
They now agreed to adopt the mouse for a child and drive the dog away, so the coupl
