"Yes, that will work," said the man.
So they did it, and when they were finished, he said, "The yarn is skeined. Now it must be boiled."
The woman was again concerned, and said, "Yes, we will boil it early tomorrow morning," but she was secretly planning another trick.
Early in the morning she got up, started a fire, and put the kettle on. However, instead of the yarn, she put in a clump of tow and let it boil away. Then she went to the man who was still lying in bed, and said to him, "I must go out for a while. Get up now and look after the yarn in the kettle on the fire. Do it right now, because if the cock crows and you are not looking after the yarn, it will turn into tow."
The man agreed, and did not delay. He got up at once, as fast as he could, and went into the kitchen. But when he reached the kettle and looked in, he saw with horror nothing but a clump of tow.
Afterward the poor man was as quiet as a mouse and said nothing at all, thinking that it was his fault, that he was to blame. And in the future he said nothing more about yarn and spinning. But you yourself must admit that she was a disgusting woman.
从前,村子里住着对夫妻。妻子懒得总是不想干活,丈夫让她纺纱她总纺不完,就是纺好了也不绕成团,而是在地上缠成一大团。每次丈夫说她,她总是有理,说:「没有卷轴,叫我怎么去卷呢?你有本事就到森林里砍些木头给我做一个。」「如果是那样的话,」丈夫说,「我就到森林砍些木头为你做一个吧!」可女人又害怕起来,如果有了木头,做成卷轴,她就只得绕线了。她脑子一转,想了条好计,便悄悄地跟在丈夫的后面走进森林。丈夫爬上一棵树去挑好木头来做料,她就溜进丈夫看不到的树丛中,向上面喊道:
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