That evening when he was about to drive the herd home again, he said to the calf, "If you can stand there and eat your fill, you can also walk on your four legs. I don´t want to carry you home again in my arms."
When the herder drove the cows through the village the little peasant was standing outside his door waiting for his little calf. It was missing, and he asked where it was.
The herder answered, "It is still standing out there grazing. It would not stop and come with us."
The little peasant said, "Oh, I must have my animal back again."
Then together they went back to the pasture, but someone had stolen the calf, and it was gone.
The herder said, "It must have run away."
The little peasant said, "Don´t tell me that," and he took the herder before the mayor, who condemned him for his carelessness, and required him to give the little peasant a cow for the lost calf.
The little peasant and his wife now had the cow that they had long wanted. They were very glad, but they had no feed for it, and could give it nothing to eat, so it soon had to be slaughtered.
They salted the meat, and the little peasant went to town to sell the hide, hoping to buy a new calf with the proceeds.
On the way he came to a mill, and there sat a raven with broken wings. Out of pity he picked it up and wrapped it in the hide.
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