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　　"Here stand I, poor Rinkrank,

　　On my seventeen long shanks,

　　On my weary, worn-out foot,

　　Wash my dishes, Mother Mansrot."

　　"I have washed thy dishes already," said she. Then again he said,

　　"Here stand I, poor Rinkrank,

　　On my seventeen long shanks,

　　On my weary, worn-out foot,

　　Make me my bed, Mother Mansrot."

　　"I have made thy bed already," said she. Then again he said,

　　"Here stand I, poor Rinkrank,

　　On my seventeen long shanks,

　　On my weary, worn-out foot,

　　Open the door, Mother Mansrot."

　　Then he ran all round his house, and saw that the little window was open, and thought, "I will look in and see what she can be about, and why she will not open the door for me." He tried to peep in, but could not get his head through because of his long beard. So he first put his beard through the open window, but just as he had got it through, Mother Mansrot came by and pulled the window down with a cord which she had tied to it, and his beard was shut fast in it. Then he began to cry most piteously, for it hurt him very much, and to entreat her to release him again. But she said not until he gave her the ladder with which he ascended the mountain. Then, whether he would or not, he had to tell her where the ladder was. And she fastened a very long ribbon to the window, and then she set up the ladder, and ascended the mountain, and when she was at the top of it she opened the window.