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JUNIOR HANS

HUMDRUM No. 561

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WIFE WHO HAD THREE SONS. THEIR NAMES

TETER HAD HARDLY WALKED I MILE WHEN HE MET A FARMER.

-HAT WAGES WOULD

rou PAY?

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IF YOU WORK HARD UNTIL THE FIRST CUCKOO CALLS, I WILL PAY YOU A gjgt BUSHEL OF DOLLARS. SSP

RE THING. I LIKE TO SEE FACE. IF I CAN MAKE YOU

E WILL SEND YOU AWAY r- H NO WAGES AT ALLj—J

BUT IF YOU CAN MAKE ME ANGRY, YOU CAN HAVE

DOUBLE YOUR WAGES.

IT SAYS NO BREAKFAST

UNTIL TOMORROW

ETER BECAME SO HUNGRY HE WALKED 2 TO THE TROLL'S HOUSE, rygp.^

HUNGRY?

ARE YOU ANGRY?

iR WAS VERY ANGRY, BUT HE REMEMBERED ^ THE AGREEMENT. -^7

OH, NO, I M NOT ANGRY.

1 ETER THRESHED RYE UNTIL NIGHT FELL. THEN HE WENT TO BED. y

Ihe NEXT MORNING PETER WORKED VERY HARD. BUT WHEN HE WENT TO THE HOUSE -1 TO GET HIS BREAKFAST. . .

THINGS WILL BE BETTER TOMORROW. ,THE FARMER IS JUST TESTING ME.

ARE YOU HUNGRY YET, PETER?

I AM TWICE AS HUNGRY AS I WAS YESTERDAY. J

IT SAYS NO BREAKFAST UNTIL TOMORROW. BUT

THIS IS TOMORROW/

OHO/ I HAVE MADE YOU ANGRY/ LEAVE‘MY FARM AT ONCE / I OWE mtti

ARE YOU ANGRY,

BETER? Jtomm

HOW CLEVER I AM/ I HAVE GOTTEN A DAY'S FREE LABOR.

YOU ARE MY SECOND SON, PAUL. THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOU TO SEEK YOUR FORTUNE. I HOPE

• YOU DO BETTER THAN J-1— '—I PETER DID. I- I THINK THE FARMER

WANTED TO TEST YOU YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED A FEW

MORE DAYS.

FAUL HAD HARDLY WALKED A MILE WHEN HE MET THE TROLL.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? I AM GOING

TO SEEK MY FORTUNE, j

IF YOU WORK HARO UNTIL THE FIRST CUCKOO CALLS, I WILL PAY YOU A f-', BUSHEL OF DOLLARS.! O*

WORK VERY HARD.

ONE MORE THING. I LIKE f TO SEE A HAPPY FACE. I IF I CAN MAKE YOU fc-J ANGRY, I WILL SEND 2 YOU AWAY WITH NO UIrt

|TWAGES AT ALL./-/rj

BUT IF YOU CAN MAKE ME ANGRY, YOU CAN HAVE

DOUBLE YOUR WAGES.

CAUL ME TO BREAKFAST?

THAT IS A STRANGE ] They rode to the farmer's house. Id®

| WAGES ARE GOODJ-'

Paul was up at five the next morning, v. HE WORKED VERY HARD IN THE FIELOS.

IT SAYS NO gU BREAKFAST

; UNTILTOMORROW.

READ THAT SIGN ABOVE THE DOOR. J

Paul became so hungry he WALKED TO THE TROLL'S HOUSE.

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

ARE YOU ANGRY?

ARE YOU ANGRY, PAUL?

All THAT DAY AND THE FOLLOWING MORNING, PAUL WORKED VERY HARD. BUT WHEN HE WENT TO

-—3) THE HOUSE TO GET HIS BREAKFAST...

READ THE SIGN X{ IT SAYS NO ABOVE THE DOOR^ BREAKFAST

^==7 /-UNTIL TOMORROW. ' "•"' "7/ "JT7j but this is

1 -'I YET, PAUL?]---( WAS YESTERDAY,]—^"

F // '- TOMORROW/ f

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■ HOME AND TOLD HIS FAMILY 'HAT HAD HAPPENED, r —,

NOW WE HAVE THREE SONS TO CARE FOR AGAIN.

[WHAT WAGES' WOULD YOU

PAY ?

WOULD. YOU LIKE TO WORK ON ^

|>UT THE NEXT MORNING, BEFORE ANYONE WAS AWAKE, HANS HUMDRUM LEFT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE. HE HAD HARDLY WALKED A MILE'WHEN HE SAW THE TftOLL.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I AM GOING : TO SEEK MY ; FORTUNE.

IF YOU WORK HARD UNTIL THE FIRST CUCKOO CALLS,

3 I WILL RAY YOU A Eg 4 BUSHEL OF DOLLARS. Jg

ONE MORE THING. I LIKE TO SEE A HAPPY FACE. IF I CAN MAKE YOU ANGRY, I WILL r^ SEND YOU AWAY WITH NO Jp

—*3 WAGES AT ALL. I—^

BUT IF YOU CAN MAK ME ANGRY, YOU CAN HAVE DOUBLE YOUR £ m WA<3ES. E&m

YOU HAVE NOT EATE FOR THREE DAYS. TOMORROW NEVER l COMES. f-

YOU ARE GIVING M' RYE AWAY TO THE

INNKEEPER? J

HANS IS CLEVER. I MUST THINK OF A WAY TO MAKE HIM ANGRY FIRST OR I SHALL LOSE MY MONEY.

The NEXT MORNING . . ,||jf L VERY P ^INISH THE FIELDS-^W

H ' I WANT YOU TO PLOW THE j

Hans FOLLOWED-THE DOG. (

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TAKE THESE PIGS TO MARKET AND SELL. THEM. BE SURE TO J LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT ALONG THE WAY. r-f

WOULD YOU LIKE TO

SELL THEM?

HERE, MY GOOD LAD, IS SOME EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE YOU ARE SO KIND AND THOUGHTFUL.

THE FARMER TOLD ME TO LET THE PIG DO JUST AS SHE WANTS.! I WILL LEAVE HER HERE AND

go home, r'

[ans and the troll went down to FETCH THE PIS.

3H, I AM SO SORRY. ARE YOU ANGRY? Suddenly the

TROLL'S FEET SLIPPED FROM HANS' GRASP.

Hans got the troll and the pig OUT OF THE MUD. WHEN THE TROLL

ARRIVED HOME. . .

WHAT SHALL I DO, WIFE? 1 I AM SORRY I MADE THAT AGREEMENT. IF HE MAKES I ME ANY ANGRIER I WILL §§ OWE HIM TWO BUSHELS J§

- —1 OF DOLLARS. Jpg'

WELL, I CAN/ TOMORROW YOU WILL COVER ME WITH FEATHERS. I WILL CLIMB UP A TREE AND f CALL, "CUCKOO, CUCKOO,'' l-' -1 LIKE A BIRD, I-—'

YOU ARE VERY SMART. IF HANS THINKS THE FIRST CUCKOO HAS COME, HE WILL LEAVE AS WE AGREED. THEN I WILL ONLY HAVE TO PAY HIM ONE BUSHEL OF DOLLARS INSTEAD OF TWO.

WHAT A SURPRISE/ THE FIRST CUCKOO OF THE SEASON IS HERE. HANS, OUR AGREEMENT HAS f BEEN MET. YOU MAY J*

CLEAVE NOW, .

CUCKOO? CUCKOO, CUCKOO/

But HANS RAN OUT INYO THE GARDEN.

THE CAMEL AND THE PIG WERE ALWAYS ARGUING.

YOU ARE TOO SHORT TO ENTER |B|S THIS GARDEN, BUT I WILL HAVE lljjigjS

^gg[ A FINE BREAKFAST. /

KEEP YOUR

SNOUT/J

I HEN THE CAMEL AND THE ' PIG CONTINUED pOWN THE ROAD.

YOU SEE, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS BETTER,TO BE TALL. AND I SEE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS

BETTER TO BE SNORT.

IT WAS FOOLISH TO THINK ONLY ! OUR OWN WAY i IS THE BEST

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