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LABOULAYE’S FAIRY BOOK . are not bad aids in making one’s fortune, took it in his head to try the adventure. The farmer received him with his usual good nature, and, the bargain made, sent him to the field to work. At breakfast-time the other servants were called, but good care was taken to forget Coranda. At dinner it was the same. Coranda gave himself no trouble about it. He went to the house, and while the farmer’s wife was feeding the chickens unhooked an enormous ham from the kitchen rafters, took a huge loaf from the cupboard, and went back to the fields to dine and take a nap. " Are you satisfied?" cried the farmer, when he returned at night. ‘Perfectly satisfied,” said Coranda; "I have dined better than you have.” At that instant the farmer’s wife came rushing in, crying that her ham was gone. Coranda laughed, and the farmer turned pale. "Are you not satisfied?" asked Coranda. "A ham is only a ham,” answered his master. "Such a trifle does not trouble me." But after that time he took good care not to leave the student fasting. Sunday came. The farmer and his wife seated themselves in the wagon to go to church, saying to Coranda, " It is your business to cook the dinner. Cut up the piece of meat you see yonder, with onions, carrots, leeks, and 110
