Grimms' fairy tales

There was a great war, and the King had many soldiers, but gave them small pay, so small that they could not live upon it, so three of them agreed among themselves to desert. One of them said to the others, If we are caught we shall be hanged on the gallows; how shall we manage it? Another said, Look at that great cornfield, if we were to hide ourselves there, no one could find us; the troops are not allowed to enter it, and to-morrow they are to march away. They crept into ...