“and then a clean well-spread little table will stand before thee, with the most delicious food upon it of which thou mayst eat as much as thou art inclined for, and when thou hast had enough, and hast no more need of the little table, just say,

“Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray,

And take the table quite away,

“Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray, And take the table quite away,

“and then it will vanish again from thy sight.” Hereupon the wise woman departed.

But Two-eyes thought, “I must instantly make a trial, and see if what she said is true, for I am far too hungry,” and she said,