A farmband went to the Mheen (the Arkemheen polder near the villages of Putten and Nijkerk) to take the horses in. In the distance, he heard some beautiful singing, which gradually came closer. He saw two women in a sieve coming from the sky. As soon as they had landed, they hid the sieve in the reeds and the rushes. Then they each sat on a horse and trotted like mad through the meadow. Big flakes of foam fell from the horses' mouths. The farmband secretly walked towards the sieve and hid it. When the women finally returned, they went looking for the sieve.

When they could not find it, they noticed the farmband and asked, "Have you seen a sieve around here?"

"No."

"You did see it, and then you hid it, mate!"

"No."

"You have to give it back to us or show us where it is. We have to go. It is our time. Remember, if we are not back within the hour, we will be pinched and beaten black and blue."

"Don't be silly."

"No, really. You have to give it back to us. If you do, we will give you a nice silk cloth."

"There is the sieve."

The women hurried into it, made a sign, muttered something, and flew through the sky as quickly as they had arrived.

A few days later, the farmband found the promised silk cloth in the place where he had spoken with the women.