There was once upon a time a man and his wife, and they wanted to sow
their fields, but they had neither seed nor money to buy it with.
However, they had one cow, and so they decided that the man should drive
it to the town and sell it, so that they might buy seed with the money.
When the time came, however, the woman was afraid to let her husband
take the cow, fearing he would spend the money in drink. So she set off
herself with the cow, and took a hen with her also.