The old man disappeared and Henry gazed in terror at the immense fields of wheat which were spread out before him. But he soon mastered this feeling of discouragement--took off his vest, seized a scythe and commenced cutting the wheat diligently. This occupied him a hundred and ninety-five days and nights. When the wheat was all cut, Henry commenced to beat it with a flail which he found at hand. This occupied him sixty days. When the grain was all beaten out he began to grind it in a mill which rose up suddenly near him. This occupied him seventy days. When the wheat was all ground he began to knead it and to cook it. He kneaded and cooked for a hundred and twenty days. As the bread was cooked he arranged it properly on shelves, like books in a library. When all was finished Henry was transported with joy and called the genius of the mountain who appeared immediately and counted four hundred and sixty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty-nine new loaves of bread. He bit and ate a little end off of two or three, drew near to Henry, tapped him on the cheek and said: "You are a good boy and I wish to pay you for your work." He drew from his pocket a little wooden box which he gave to Henry and said, maliciously: "When you return home, open this box and you will find in it the most delicious tobacco you have ever seen." Now Henry had never used tobacco and the present of the little genius seemed to him very useless but he was too polite to let this be seen and he thanked the old man as if satisfied. The old one smiled, then burst out laughing and disappeared. THE VINTAGE Henry began to walk rapidly and perceived with great delight that every step brought him nearer to the summit of the mountain. In three hours he had walked two-thirds of the way. But suddenly he found himself arrested by a very high wall which he had not perceived before. He walked around it, and found, after three days' diligent advance, that this wall surrounded the entire mountain and that there was no door, not the smallest opening by which he could enter. Henry seated himself on the ground, to reflect upon his situation. He resolved to wait patiently--he sat there forty-five days. At the end of this time he said: "I will not go back if I have to wait here a hundred years." He had scarcely uttered these words when a part of the wall crumbled away with a terrible noise and he saw in the opening a giant, brandishing an enormous cudgel. "You have then a great desire to pass here, my boy? What are you seeking beyond my wall?" "I am seeking the plant of life, Master Giant, to cure my poor mother who is dying. If it is in your power and you will allow me to pass this wall, I will do anything for you that you may command."