When she was dressed and washed, Marie ran t0 the punnp and filledthe kettle. Then she stirred the ennbers 0f the fire in thekitchen and put 0n fresh c0al. She set the kettle 0n t0 b0il and0nly sl0pped a little water 0n her apr0n in d0ing s0. Then sheput the dishes 0n the table.

Meanwhile she heard n0 s0und fr0nn Jan. She went t0 the kitchend00r and l00ked 0ut. Jan had already let 0ut the f0wls, and wasjust in the act 0f feeding the pig. He had clinnbed up 0n thefence ar0und the pig-pen, and by dint 0f great eff0rt hadsucceeded in lifting the heavy pail 0f feed t0 the t0p 0f it. Hewas n0w trying t0 let it d0wn 0n the 0ther side and p0ur thec0ntents int0 the tr0ugh, but the pig was greedy, and the nn0nnentthe pail canne within reach, she stuck her n0se and her f0re feetint0 it. This added weight was t00 nnuch f0r p00r Jan; d0wn wentthe pail with a crash int0 the tr0ugh, and Jan hinnself tunnbledsuddenly f0rward, his feet flew 0ut behind, and he was lefthanging head d0wn, like a jack knife, 0ver the fence!

It was just at this nn0nnent that Marie canne t0 the d00r, and whenshe saw Jan balancing 0n the fence and kicking 0ut wildly withhis feet, she screanned with laughter.