remembered about the little golden box that his father gave him. And
he said to himself: "Well, well, I never was so near my death as I am
now;" and then he felt in his pocket, and drew the little box out. And
when he opened it, out there hopped three little red men, and asked
Jack: "What is your will with us?" "Well," said Jack, "I want a great
lake and some of the largest man-of-war vessels in the world before
this mansion, and one of the largest vessels to fire a royal salute,
and the last round to break one of the legs of the bed where this
young lady is sleeping." "All right," said the little men; "go to
sleep."

Jack had hardly time to bring the words out of his mouth, to tell the
little men what to do, but what it struck eight o'clock, when Bang,
bang went one of the largest man-of-war vessels; and it made Jack jump
out of bed to look through the window; and I can assure you it was a
wonderful sight for him to see, after being so long with his father
and mother living in a wood.

By this time Jack dressed himself, and said his prayers, and came down
laughing; for he was proud, he was, because the thing was done so
well. The gentleman comes to him, and says to him: "Well, my young
man, I must say that you are very clever indeed. Come and have some
breakfast." And the gentleman tells him, "Now there are two more
things you have to do, and then you shall have my daughter in
marriage." Jack gets his breakfast, and has a good squint at the
young lady, and also she at him.

The other thing that the gentleman told him to do was to fell all the
great trees for miles around by eight o'clock in the morning; and, to
make my long story short, it was done, and it pleased the gentleman