Pretty cock,
Pretty hen,
And you, pretty brindled cow,
What do you say now?

'Duks,' answered the beasts; and that must have meant, 'We are
quite willing,' for the old man went on, 'Here is abundance; go
into the back kitchen and cook us a supper.'

The girl found plenty of everything in the kitchen, and cooked a
good meal, but she did not think of the beasts.

She placed the full dishes on the table, sat down opposite the
gray-haired man, and ate till her hunger was appeased.

When she was satisfied, she said, 'But now I am so tired, where
is a bed in which I can sleep? '

The beasts answered:

You have eaten with him,
You have drunk with him,
Of us you have not thought,
Sleep then as you ought!

Then the old man said, 'Go upstairs, and there you will find a
bedroom; shake the bed, and put clean sheets on, and go to
sleep.'

The maiden went upstairs, and when she had made the bed, she lay