Once fully awake himself, the next thing he does is to go upstairs to the stables, and wake up a horse.

(The Black Forest house being built generally on the side of a steep hill, the ground floor is at the top, and the hay-loft at the bottom.) Then the horse, it would seem, must also have its constitutional round the house; and this seen to, the man goes downstairs into the kitchen and begins to chop wood, and when he has chopped sufficient wood he feels pleased with himself and begins to sing.

All things considered, we came to the conclusion we could not do better than follow the excellent example set us.

Even George was quite eager to get up that morning.
We had a frugal breakfast at half-past four, and started away at five.
Our road lay over a mountain, and from enquiries made in the village it appeared to be one of those roads you cannot possibly miss.

I suppose everybody knows this sort of road.