Oldal 29 [29]
¥VON AND, BINE TT E
‘IT belong to the house,” answered Yvon; "the giant
took me into his service this morning.”
" His service!" repeated the young girl. "May Heaven
preserve you from it!”
“Why so?” said Yvon. “I have a good master; the
work is not hard. The stable once swept, my task is
finished.” |
" Yes, and how will you set to work to sweep it?” said
the lady. “If you sweep it in the usual way, for every fork¬
ful of dung that you throw out of the door, ten will come
in at the window. But I will tell you what to do. Turn
the fork and sweep with the handle, and the dung will
instantly fly out of itself.”
"1 will obey,” said Yvon; upon which he sat down by
the young girl and began to talk with her. She was the
daughter of a fairy, whom the wretched giant had made
his slave. Friendship soon springs up between com¬
panions in misfortune. Before the end of the day Finette
(for that was the lady’s name) and Yvon had already
promised to belong to each other if they could escape from
their abominable master. The difficulty was to find the
means.
Time passes quickly in this kind of talk. Evening was
approaching when Finette sent away her new friend, ad¬
vising him to sweep the stable before the giant came home.
Yvon took down the fork and attempted to use it as he
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