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`` Well , old Kari told me that she was in service at the orphan asylum some years ago , and at that time it was still more dreary and lonely in that part of the town than it is now . That asylum is a dark and dismal place , I can tell you . Well , when Kari came there she was cook , and a very smart and clever girl she was . She had , one day , to get up very early in the morning to brew , when the other servants said to her , -- '' ` You had better mind you do n't get up too early , and you must n't put any fire under the copper before two o'clock . ' '' ` Why ? ' she asked . '' ` Do n't you know there is a brownie here ?