"Does that fine bedstead
which the king sent you go with you?"
"No, son of a fool!" answered Hans. "I'll lend it to you who do not
understand that there is more wisdom within me when I am asleep than
there is in you when you are awake."
It remained to be decided who the third man should be. As neither of
Brother John's two servants, who had accompanied him on his cross-
country journey, was suitable, one being ill and the other afraid,
Stephen suggested Sammy as the man, chiefly because he could cook.
"No, Mr. Somers, no," said Sammy, with earnestness. "At this proposal
I draw the thick rope. To ask one who can cook to visit a land where
he will be cooked, is to seethe the offspring in its parent's milk."
So we gave him up, and after some discussion fixed upon Jerry, a smart
and plucky fellow, who was quite willing to accompany us. The rest of
that day we spent in making our preparations which, if simple,
required a good deal of thought. To my annoyance, at the time I wanted
to find Hans to help me, he was not forthcoming.
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