Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

“ The moon shone bright upon the little court before the cottage, and the white pebbles glittered like daisies on the green meadows. So he stooped down, and put as many as he could into his pocket, and then went back to the house. "Now, May-bird," said he, "rest in peace;" and he went to bed and fell fast asleep.
Early in the morning, before the sun had risen, the woodman's wife came and awoke them. "Get up, children," said she; "we are going into the wood; there is a piece of bread for each of you, but take care of it and keep some for the afternoon." ”

“ ROLAND AND MAY-BIRD.
There was once a poor man who went every day to cut wood in the forest. One day as he went along he heard a cry like a little child's; so he followed the sound till at last he looked up a high tree, and on one of the branches sat a very little girl. Its mother had fallen asleep, and a vulture had taken it out of her lap and flown away with it and left it on the tree. Then the wood-cutter climbed up, took the little child down, and said to himself, "I will take this poor child home and bring it up with my own son Roland." ”

“ May-bird took the bread, and carried it in her apron, because Roland had his pocket full of stones, and they made their way into the wood.
After they had walked on for a time, Roland stood still and looked towards home, and after awhile turned again, and so on several times. Then his father said, "Roland, why do you keep turning and lagging about so? move you legs on a little faster." "Ah! father," answered Roland, "I am stopping to look at my white cat that sits on the roof, and wants to say good-bye to me." ”