Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

“ Clever Elsa burst into tears, and said: ‘If I marry Hans, and we have a child, when it grows big, and we send it down to draw beer, the pickaxe will fall on its head and kill it. So there she sat crying and lamenting loudly at the impending mishap. ”

“ The people upstairs waited a long time for the Serving-man, but as he did not come back, the Husband said to his Wife: ‘Go down to the cellar yourself, and see what has become of Elsa.’
So the Mistress went down and found all three making loud lamentations, and she asked the cause of their grief.
Then Elsa told her that her future child would be killed by the falling of the pickaxe when it was big enough to be sent to draw the beer. ”

“ When she got there, she said to herself: ‘What shall I do, reap first, or eat first? I will eat first.’
So she finished up the bowl of broth, which she found very satisfying, so she said again: ‘Which shall I do, sleep first, or reap first? I will sleep first.’ So she lay down among the corn and went to sleep. ”