"Leave it alone," said the host, "it will cost you your neck." - "It won't kill me at once," said Brother Lustig, "just give me the key, and some good food and wine." So the host gave him the key, and food and wine, and with this Brother Lustig went into the castle, enjoyed his supper, and at length, as he was sleepy, he lay down on the ground, for there was no bed. He soon fell asleep, but during the night was disturbed by a great noise, and when he awoke, he sawnine ugly devils in the room, who had made a circle, and were dancing around him. Brother Lustig said, "Well, dance as long as you like, but none of you must come too close." But the devils pressed continually nearer to him, and almost stepped on his face with their hideous feet. "Stop, you devils' ghosts," said he, but they behaved still worse. Then Brother Lustig grew angry, and cried, "Hola! but I will soon make it quiet," and got the leg of a chair and struck out into the midst of them with it. But nine devils against one soldier were still too many, and when he struck those in front of him, the others seized him behind by the hair, and tore it unmercifully. "Devils' crew," cried he, "it is getting too bad, but wait. Into my knapsack, all nine of you!" In an instant they were in it, and then he buckled it up and threw it into a corner. After this all was suddenly quiet, and Brother Lustig lay down again, and slept till it was bright day. Then came the inn-keeper, and the nobleman to whom the castle belonged, to see how he had fared; but when they perceived that he was merry and well they were astonished, and asked, "Have the spirits done you no harm, then?" - "The reason why they have not," answered Brother Lustig, "is because I have got the whole nine of them in my knapsack! You may once more inhabit your castle quite tranquilly, none of them will ever haunt it again." The nobleman thanked him, made him rich presents, and begged him to remain in his service, and he would provide for him as long as he lived. "No," replied Brother Lustig, "I am used to wandering about, I will travel farther." Then he went away, and entered into a smithy, laid the knapsack, which contained the nine devils on the anvil, and asked the smith and his apprentices to strike it. So they smote with their greathammers with all their strength, and the devils uttered howls which were quite pitiable. When he opened the knapsack after this, eight of them were dead, but one which had been lying in a fold of it, was still alive, slipped out, and went back again to hell. Thereupon Brother Lustig travelled a long time about the world, and those who know them can tell many a story about him, but at last he grew old, and thought of his end, so he went to a hermit who was known to be a pious man, and said to him, "I am tired of wandering about, and want now to behave in such a manner that I shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven." The hermit replied, "There are two roads, one is broad and pleasant, and leads to hell, the otheris narrow and rough, and leads to heaven." - "I should be a fool," thought Brother Lustig, "if I were to take the narrow, rough road." So he set out and took the broad and pleasant road, and at length came to a great black door, which was the door of Hell. Brother Lustig knocked, and the door-keeper peeped out to see who was there. But when he saw Brother Lustig, he was terrified, for he was the very same ninth devil who had been shut up in the knapsack, and had escaped from it with a black eye. So he pushed the bolt in again as quickly as he could, ran to the devil's lieutenant, and said, "There is a fellow outside with a knapsack, who wants to come in, but as you value your lives don't allow him to enter, or he will wish the whole of hell into his knapsack. He once gave me a frightful hammering when I was inside it." So they called out to Brother Lustig that he was to go away again, for he should not get in there! "If they won't have me here," thought he, "I will see if I can find a place for myself in heaven, for I must be somewhere." So he turned about and went onwards until he came to the door of Heaven, where he knocked. St. Peter was sitting hard by as door-keeper. Brother Lustig recognised him at once, and thought, "Here I find an old friend, I shall get on better." But St. Peter said, "I really believe that thou wantest to come into Heaven." - "Let me in, brother; I must get in somewhere; if they would have taken me into Hell, I should not have come here." - "No," said St. Peter, "thou shalt not enter." - "Then if thou wilt not let me in, take thy knapsack back, for I will have nothing at all from thee." - "Give it here, then," said St. Peter. Then Brother Lustig gave him the knapsack into Heaven through the bars, and St. Peter took it, and hung it beside his seat. Then said Brother Lustig, "And now I wish myself inside my knapsack," and in a second he was in it, and in Heaven, and St. Peter was forced to let him stay there.从前打了一场大仗，大仗结束后，许多士兵被遣散回家。拉斯廷老兄也退役了，他除了一袋干粮和四个金币外一无所有地上路了。圣彼得装成一个可怜的乞丐站在拉斯廷老兄的必经之路上，等他走过来便向他乞讨。拉斯廷老兄回答说："亲爱的乞丐，我能给你什么?我以前是个兵，现在退役了，除了这袋干粮和四个金币就什么都没有了。如果我把这些也分给你，那我也得像你一样沿路乞讨了。不过我还是给你点吧。"说着就将干粮分成四份，给了乞丐一份并给了一个金币。圣彼得谢过他就朝前走了，然后又变成另一个乞丐在前边等着，待拉斯廷老兄走过来时又向他讨，也得到和上一次同样的东西。圣彼得谢过他之后又走了。第三次他还是装成乞丐的模样向拉斯廷老兄讨钱，拉斯廷老兄将财产的又一个四分之一给了他，然后继续赶路。他身上只剩下四分之一的干粮和一个金币了。他来到一家小酒馆，要了一个金币的啤酒，就着面包把酒喝了又接着往前走。这次，圣彼得变成一个退役军人的样子遇见他，说："日安，朋友，能给我一点面包和一个金币让我去喝口啤酒么?""我上哪儿找去呀?"拉斯廷老兄回答说："我退役的时候除了一袋干粮和四个金币外就再也没啥了。路上我碰到三个乞丐，分给他们一人一份干粮和一个金币，最后一份干粮和金币我在小酒馆吃了喝了。现在我啥都没有了，如果你也一样，倒不如我们结伴当乞丐呢。""不，"圣彼得说："大可不必去当乞丐，我懂点医道，很快就能挣到足够的钱。""那倒是的，"拉斯廷老兄说，"那我只好一个人去当乞丐了。""只管跟着我，"彼得说，"无论我挣到什么，你都有一份。""那好啊，"拉斯廷老兄于是跟着圣彼得走了。
他们路过一个农夫家，听到里面传来哭声。他们走进去一看，原来这家的丈夫病得要死了，他妻子正在大声嚎哭。
"别哭了，"圣彼得说，"我可以治好他。"说着就从口袋里掏出药膏给病人抹上。不一会儿，病人站了起来，痊愈了。夫妇俩极为高兴地说："该怎么谢你们呢?你们要什么?"圣彼得什么都不要，农夫越是要给，他越是坚持说不要。可是拉斯廷老兄用肘捅了捅他说："拿点吧，我们准会用得上的。"后来妇人抱来一只羔羊，请他们千万收下。圣彼得还在谢绝，拉斯廷又捅了他一下，说："我求你收下吧，我们很需要呢!"圣彼得最后终于说："那好，我就收下羔羊。不过我可不会抱它的，你要收下你就得抱着。""行。"拉斯廷说："我可以轻轻松松地扛着。"说完就把羊扛在肩上，告别了农家。他们来到一片树林里，拉斯廷老兄的肚子饿了，觉得羊越来越重，因此对圣彼得说："你瞧，这地方挺不错的。我们可以在这里烤羊肉吃了。""随你便，"圣彼得回答说，"我可不会烧吃的。既然你要烧，我倒可以给你一只锅。我四下里走走，等饭做好了我会回来的。你要等我回来才吃哦!我会回来得正是时候的。""你去吧，"拉斯廷老兄说，"我知道怎么做饭。"圣彼得走后，拉斯廷杀了羊羔，生起了篝火，然后将羊肉扔进锅里煮上。肉煮好之后却不见彼得回来，拉斯廷便从锅里捞出羊心说："听说羊心最好吃。"就尝了一点，结果把心全吃完了。圣彼得终于回来了，说："羊肉全归你，我只吃点羊心就行了。"拉斯廷老兄拿出刀叉，装作在锅里找羊心，但是没有找到的样子，说："这里没有呀。""能上哪儿去呢?"圣徒问。"我也不知道啊。"拉斯廷回答。"嗨，我们多傻啊!羊压根儿就没有心嘛，怎么会忘了呢!我们还在这里一个劲儿找!""哦?这可是新发现!"圣徒说："每种动物都有心脏，怎么唯独羊羔没有呢?""我敢保证羊羔没心，兄弟，"拉斯廷老兄说，"仔细想想你就会明白羊羔确实没有心。""没有就算了，"圣彼得说，"羊肉我也不吃了，你自个儿吃吧。""一顿吃不完我会装到背包里的。"拉斯廷说。他吃了半只羊，另一半装进了背包。
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