Once upon a time there were a farmer and his wife, who lived on a farm called Barrahuis. One evening a soldier on horseback arrived, looking for shelter for the night. The farmer let him in, while the horse was brought to the stable.

A little while later a woman knocked at the front door. She asked for lodgings as well.

"Come on in," the farmer said.

The woman entered the farm and joined the company.

Some time later, the soldier took the farmer aside and said, "There is something suspicious about that woman, if you ask me."

"What makes you say that?" the farmer asked.

"I don't think it's a woman at all," the soldier answered. "Have you got any apples?"

"Sure," the farmer said.

"Well, just throw us each one," the soldier said, "so I can tell if I'm right."

The farmer went off to get some apples and threw an apple to everyone present. The "woman" put her knees together while catching. The soldier had seen enough; it was a man in disguise.

Moments later, the farmer said to the soldier, "We're in trouble."

The soldier said, "Don't worry. I will handle this problem."

After they went out to feed the cattle, the soldier said to the farmer, "Go inside the house again and tell everyone that I will be sleeping in the stable."

Then the soldier took off his uniform, stuffed it with straw, and lay it on the floor with a blanket on top. Now it looked as if he was sound asleep next to his horse.

As the farmer entered the house again, he said, "The soldier is already sleeping in the stable with the horses."

However, the soldier was hiding in a dark corner, biding his time ....

Later on, the "woman" went to the barn. The farmer had told "her" to sleep in the hay.

The "woman" went over there, but as soon as the farmer had gone, "she" immediately crossed the threshing floor, without making any noise. Sneaking towards the soldier's horse, "she" found the "soldier" sleeping and stabbed "him" to death.

After that, "she" walked outside and blew on a whistle.

However, the farmer and the soldier were already waiting on the threshing floor for things to happen.

After the whistle sounded, four or five robbers approached the farm. As soon as they entered the door of the barn, the soldier killed them one after the other, including the "woman."

The next day he left on his horse again without even telling anyone his name. The farmer of Barrahuis and his wife never knew who he was. That's why he was called the unknown soldier. In honour of the soldier, the couple had a statue made of him and put it in their garden.