Your grandmother will not open the door until you ask her to let you in.

Remember every word I say to you.

The life of your father and mother depends on it.

No one must know we did not sleep at home." After whispering these words to the boy, who instantly disappeared in the forest like an eel in the mud, Michu turned to his wife.
"Mount behind me," he said, "and pray that God be with us.

Sit firm, the beast may die of it." So saying he kicked the horse with both heels, pressing him with his powerful knees, and the animal sprang forward with the rapidity of a hunter, seeming to understand what his master wanted of him, and crossed the forest in fifteen minutes.