Prevod

Once upon a time there was an old woman. You have surely seen an old woman go begging before? This woman begged too, and whenever she was given anything, she would say, ‘God reward you.’ The beggar woman came to a door, and there stood a friendly young scamp by the fire, warming himself. As the poor old woman stood trembling in the doorway, the boy said kindly, ‘Come, old mother, and warm yourself.’ She came over, but stood too close to the fire, so that her old rags began to burn, and she did not notice. The boy stood and watched. He ought to have put out the fire, oughtn’t he? Yes, he ought to have put it out, shouldn’t he? And if he had had no water, he should have wept all the water in his body out through his eyes. That would have made two lovely little streams to put it out.