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For the next thing, he had a copper doorsill nailed down, which his housemaid polished, until it shone as bright as gold. Yet long before this, his cows had got well, and they now gave more and richer milk than ever. He became the wealthiest man in the district. His children all grew up to be fine looking men and women. FOR THE NEXT THING HE HAD A COPPER DOOROR SAL MAIL DOWN WHICH HIS HOUSEMAID POLISHED UNTIL IT SHONE AS BRIGHT AS GOLD YET LONG BEFORE THIS HIS COWS HAD GOT WELL AND THEY NOW GAVE MORE AND RICHER MILK THAN EVER HE BECAME THE WEALTHIEST MAN IN THE DISTRICT HIS CHILDREN ALL GREW UP TO BE FINE LOOKING MEN AND WOMEN
y of a house which stood far below, but which he had never seen before. But as soon as he took his foot off that of the tiny little man, he saw nothing. Everything like a building vanished as in a dream. "I see that my family have done wrong and injured yours. Pray forgive me. I'll do what I can to make amends for it." "It's no matter now, if you only do as I ask you. Shut up your front door, build a wall in its place, and then my family will not suffer from yours." The rich farmer thought all this was very funny, and he had a hearty laugh over it all. Yet he did exactly as the little man in the red cloak had so politely asked him. He walled up the old door at the front, and built another at the back of the house, which opened out into the garden. Then he made the path, on which to go in from the roadway to the threshold, around the corners and over a longer line of flagstones. Then he removed the fireplace and chimney to what had been the front side of the house, but was now the back. KEPT ON DRIPPING INTO THE CHIMNEY OF A HOUSE WHICH STOOD FAR BELOW BUT WHICH HE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE BUT AS SOON AS HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THAT OF THE TINY LITTLE MAN HE SAW NOTHING EVERYTHING LIKE A BUILDING VANISHED AS IN A DREAM I SEE THAT MY FAMILY HAVE DONE WRONG AND INJURED YOURS PRAY FORGIVE ME I'LL DO WHAT I CAN TO MAKE AMENDS FOR IT IT'S NO MATTER NOW IF YOU ONLY DO AS I ASK YOU SHUT UP YOUR FRONT DOOR BUILD A WALL IN ITS PLACE AND THEN MY FAMILY WILL NOT SUFFER FROM YOURS THE RICH FARMER THOUGHT ALL THIS WAS VERY FUNNY AND HE HAD A HEARTY LAUGH OVER IT ALL YET HE DID EXACTLY AS THE LITTLE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK HAD SO POLITELY ASKED HIM HE WALLED UP THE OLD DOOR AT THE FRONT AND BUILT ANOTHER AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WHICH OPENED OUT INTO THE GARDEN THEN HE MADE THE PATH ON WHICH TO GO IN FROM THE ROADWAY TO THE THRESHOLD AROUND THE CORNERS AND OVER A LONG LINE OF FLAGSTONES THEN HE MOVED THE FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY TO WHAT HAD BEEN THE FRONT SIDE OF THE HOUSE BUT WAS NOW THE BACK
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