window of this
house. From this place they could easily observe what the people
inside were doing. As they sat there waiting, they saw two servants
packing something which seemed to be very heavy. They believed that
the bundle contained much money, so they decided to steal it.

In the dead of night one of the robbers went up into the house, took
the bundle, and passed it to his companion below. When he joined the
other, they took to their heels, carrying the bundle between them on
their shoulders. When they had gone some way, the one in the rear began
to get curious as to what they were carrying, so he cut an opening in
the mat that was wrapped around the contents. To his great surprise,
he noticed a human toe stick out; and he at once shouted, "Man, man,
man!" The one in front took this shout as a warning that some one was
chasing them, so he ran faster. The other only continued to shout,
"Man, man!" but his companion paid no attention to him. Finally his
foot caught in the root of a tree, and he fell down. When he understood
the situation, the two villains left the bundle and ran away.

(5) Frightening robbers under tree. This incident is widespread, and
has made its way into many Maerchen cycles. It is distinctly comic in
its nature. For references to its occurrence, see Koehler-Bolte, 99
and 341 (sub "Herabwerfen der Thuer"); Crane, 380, note 19; Cosquin,
I : 243 f.; and especially Bolte-Polivka, I : 521-525 (on Grimm,
No. 59), episode F.

(6) Walking on his own soil. This trick of Juan's we have already
met with in "King Tasio," No. 7 (b).

(7) Cooking rice-measures. Juan's misunderstanding about cooking two
measures of rice is almost exactly paralleled in a Santal story in
Bompas, No. I. The story is entitled "Bajun and Jhore," and this is
the first of a series of noodle-like incidents:--

Once upon a time there were two brothers named Bajun and Jhore. Bajun
was married, and one day his wife fell ill of fever. So, as he was
going ploughing, Bajun told Jhore to stay at home and cook the dinner,
and he bade him put into the pot three measures of rice. Jhore staid
at home, and filled the pot with water and put it on to boil; then
he went to look for rice-measures. There was only one in the house;
and Jhore thought, "My brother told me to put in three measures,
and if I only put in one, I shall get into trouble." So he went to a
neighbor's house and borrowed two more measures, and put them into the
pot, and l