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But her husband did not care for that, and said she must work, if

she did not wish to die of hunger. At first the trade went well;

for many people, seeing such a beautiful woman, went to buy her

wares, and paid their money without thinking of taking away the

goods. They lived on this as long as it lasted; and then her

husband bought a fresh lot of ware, and she sat herself down with

it in the corner of the market; but a drunken soldier soon came

by, and rode his horse against her stall, and broke all her goods

into a thousand pieces. Then she began to cry, and knew not what

to do. 'Ah! what will become of me?' said she; 'what will my

husband say?' So she ran home and told him all. 'Who would have

thought you would have been so silly,' said he, 'as to put an

earthenware stall in the corner of the market, where everybody

passes?