Pumpkin soup

One day an old woman had just prepared her favourite pumpkin soup and was going to eat it when somebody behind her back sneezed aloud. «God bless you!» said the old woman and looked back over her shoulder to see who was there. She could hardly believe her eyes. There stood a devil. His face was red and he had two white horns on the top of his head. It is generally known that devils are unpleasant, but this devil was very nice and funny. That’s why the old woman was not scared of him at all. «Excuse me, madam!» said he politely. "Could I bother you for a minute? Is this...