... wife, and, fetching the egg, they pecked a hole in it, ate it up, and threw the shells into the fireplace: they then went to the pin and needle, who were fast asleep, and seizing them by the heads, ... into the landlord’s easy chair and the other into his handkerchief; and, having done this, they crept away as softly as possible. However, the duck, who slept in the open air in the yard, heard them ... good deal from one side to the other, they made up their minds to fix their quarters there: butthe landlord at first was unwilling, and said his house was full, thinking they might not be very respectable...