"Oh," answered she, "I shall die unless I can have some of that rampion to eat that grows in the garden at the back of our house." The man, who loved her very much, thought to himself, "Rather than lose my wife I will get some rampion, cost what it will." So in the twilight he climbed over the wall into the witch's garden, plucked hastily a handful of rampion and brought it to his wife. She made a salad of it at once, and ate of it to her heart's content. But she liked it so much, and it tasted so good, that the next day she longed for it thrice as much as she had done before; if she was to have any rest the man must climb over the wall once more. So he went in the twilight again; and as he was climbing back, he saw, all at once, the witch standing before him, and was terribly frightened, as she cried, with angry eyes, "How dare you climb over into my garden like a thief, and steal my rampion! it shall be the worse for you!"

"啊，"她回答，"我要是吃不到我们家后面那个园子里的莴苣，我就会死掉的。"丈夫因为非常爱她，便想："与其说让妻子去死，不如给她弄些莴苣来，管它会发生什么事情呢。"黄昏时分，他翻过围墙，溜进了女巫的花园，飞快地拔了一把莴苣，带回来给她妻子吃。 妻子立刻把莴苣做成色拉，狼吞虎咽地吃了下去。 这莴苣的味道真是太好了，第二天她想吃的莴苣居然比前一天多了两倍。 为了满足妻子，丈夫只好决定再次翻进女巫的园子。于是，黄昏时分，他偷偷地溜进了园子，可他刚从墙上爬下来，就吓了一跳，因为他看到女巫就站在他的面前。 "你好大的胆子，"她怒气冲冲地说，"竟敢溜进我的园子来，像个贼一样偷我的莴苣！"