Once on a time there were two brothers; one was called True, and he other Untrue. True was always upright and good towards all, but Untrue was bad and full of lies, so that no one could believe what he said.

Once on a time, there was a poor couple who lived in a tumble-down hut, in which there was nothing but black want, so that they hadn't a morsel to eat, nor a stick to burn. But though they had next to nothing of other things, they had God's blessing in the way of children, and every year they had another babe.