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The third night he sat down again on his bench and said quite

sadly: 'If I could but shudder.' When it grew late, six tall men

came in and brought a coffin. Then he said: 'Ha, ha, that is

certainly my little cousin, who died only a few days ago,' and he

beckoned with his finger, and cried: 'Come, little cousin, come.'

They placed the coffin on the ground, but he went to it and took

the lid off, and a dead man lay therein. He felt his face, but it

was cold as ice. 'Wait,' said he, 'I will warm you a little,' and

went to the fire and warmed his hand and laid it on the dead

man's face, but he remained cold. Then he took him out, and sat

down by the fire and laid him on his breast and rubbed his arms

that the blood might circulate again. As this also did no good,

he thought to himself: 'When two people lie in bed together, they

warm each other,' and carried him to the bed, covered him over

and lay down by him. After a short time the dead man became warm

too, and began to move.