The Seven-League Boots (10)

The Seven-League Boots (10)

The ogre's wife thought ahw might be able to hide them from her husband until next morning, so she let them inside and took them to the fireplace to warm themselves.

It was very hot, and there was a whole sheep roasting on the spit for the ogre's supper.

Just when they began to feel warm, they heard three or four loud knocks at the door; the ogre had returned.

The woman quickly hid th children under the bed and went to open the door.

The first thing the ogre asked was if the supper was ready and if a bottle of wine had been opened, and immediately he sat down at the table.

Suddenly he started sniffing to the left and the right and said that he smelled living flesh.

" It must be the veal which I was just prepairing for you that you can smell, " said his wife.

" I tell you, I smell living flesh, " exclaimed the ogre and gave his wife a suspicious look.
" There is something going on here, I think. "

(10/20)