“I am contented with anything,” replied the husband, “so far as I am concerned, bread and cheese will do,” and looked at the peasant and said, “Come and eat some more with me.” The peasant did not require to be invited twice, but got up and ate. After this the miller saw the skin in which the raven was, lying on the ground, and asked, “What hast thou there?”

The peasant answered, “I have a soothsayer inside it.”

“Can he foretell anything to me?” said the miller.

“Why not?” answered the peasant, “but he only says four things, and the fifth he keeps to himself.”

The miller was curious, and said, “Let him foretell something for once.” Then the peasant pinched the raven’s head, so that he croaked and made a noise like krr, krr . The miller said, “What did he say?”

The peasant answered, “In the first place, he says that there is some wine hidden under the pillow.”