I can."

"Ah, but you, Red-comb," replied the ass, "rather come away with us.
We are going to Bremen, to find there something better than death;
you have a good voice, and if we make music together it will have full
play."

The cock consented to this plan, and so all four traveled on together.
They could not, however, reach Bremen in one day, and at evening they
came into a forest, where they meant to pass the night. The ass and
the dog laid themselves down under a large tree, the cat and the cock
climbed up into the branches, but the latter flew right to the top,
where he was most safe. Before he went to sleep he looked all round
the four quarters, and soon thought he saw a little spark in the
distance; so, calling his companions, he said they were not far from
a house, for he saw a light. The ass said: "If it is so, we had better
get up and go farther, for the pasturage here is very bad"; and the
dog continued: "Yes, indeed! a couple of bones with some meat on would
be very acceptable!" So they made haste toward the spot where the
light was, and which shone now brighter and brighter, until they came
to a well-lighted robber's cottage. The ass, as the biggest, went to
the window and peeped in. "What do you see, Gray-horse?" asked the
cock. "What do I see?" replied the ass; "a table laid out with savory
meats and drinks, with robbers sitting around enjoying themselves."

"That would be the right sort of thing for us," said the cock.

"Yes, yes, I wish we were there," replied the ass. Then these animals
took counsel together how they should contrive to drive away the
robbers, and at last they thought of a way. The ass placed his
forefeet upon the window ledge, the hound got on his back, the cat
climbed up upon the dog, and, lastly, the cock flew up and perched
upon the head of the cat. When this was accomplished, at a given
signal they commenced together to perform their music: the ass brayed,
the dog barked, the cat mewed, and the cock crew; and they made such
a tremendous noise, and so loud, that the panes of the window were
shivered! Terrified at these unearthly sounds, the robbers got up with
great precipitation, thinking nothing less than that some spirits had
come, and fled off into the forest, so the four companions immediately
sat down at the table, and quickly ate up all that was left, as if
they had been fasting for six weeks.

As soon as they had finished, they extinguished the light, and each
sought fo