The Three Little Men in the Wood

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The Three Little Men in the Wood

The woman looked at the man's daughter and said, "Listen, tell your father I want to marry him. Then you can wash in milk and drink wine every day. But my own daughter will have to wash in water and drink water."

The girl went home and told her father exactly what the woman had said. The man was very confused. He asked, "What should I do? Marriage is a happy thing, but it can also be hard."

He could not make up his mind. Finally, he took off his boot and said, "Take this boot. It has a hole in the bottom.

She went up to the attic and hung the boot on the big nail. Then she poured water into it. If the boot held the water, he would marry her again. If it leaked, he would not. The girl did exactly as she was told. The water filled the boot up to the very top. She told her father what had happened. He went up to check and saw she was right. He went to the widow and asked her to marry him. They had a happy wedding. The next morning, the man's daughter woke up to find fresh milk for her bath and sweet wine to drink. But the woman's daughter only had water to wash with and plain water to drink.

On the second morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter. And on the third morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter, but for the woman’s daughter, there was milk for washing and wine for drinking. This happened every day. The woman became very mean to her step-daughter. She tried to make her life hard. She was jealous because her step-daughter was kind and pretty, while her own daughter was not.

"Good heavens!" said the girl. "No strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and the snow covers everything. And why must I go in this paper dress? It is so cold outside that my breath freezes in the air. The wind will blow right through it, and the thorns will tear it off my body."

"Will you contradict me?" asked the step-mother. "See that you go. Do not come back until you have that basket of strawberries.

Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread and said, "This will last you the day." She thought, "You will be cold and hungry outside, and I will never see you again." The girl was obedient. She put on her paper dress and took the basket to go outside. Far and wide, there was nothing but snow, and not a single green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood, she saw a small house. Three little men peeked out at her. She wished them a good day and knocked on the door politely. They called out, "Come in!" She walked inside and sat on the bench by the stove. She began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, "Give us some, too." "Of course," she said. She divided her piece of bread in two and gave them the half.

They asked, "What are you doing here in the forest in the winter? You are wearing such thin clothes." She answered, "I am looking for a basket of sweet strawberries. I cannot go home until I have them." After she ate her bread, they gave her a broom and said, "Sweep the snow away at the back door." When she went outside, the three little men talked to each other. "What shall we give her?" they asked. "She is so kind and shared her bread with us." The first said, "My gift is that she will grow more beautiful every day." The second said, "My gift is that gold coins will fall from her mouth when she speaks." The third said, "My gift is that a king will come and marry her.

When she walked inside and said hello, a shiny gold coin fell right out of her mouth. She told them about the magic in the wood. But every time she spoke, another gold coin fell out. Soon, the whole floor was covered in gold coins. Her step-sister looked at her with a mean look and said, "Look at her! She is throwing gold around like she is rich!

But she was secretly jealous of the fun, and she wanted to go into the forest to find sweet strawberries too. Her mother said, "No, my dear little girl, it is too cold. You might get a bad cold." However, the girl would not stop asking, so her mother finally said yes. She made the girl a warm, fluffy coat and packed her a basket with bread and cake. The girl went into the forest and walked right up to the little house. The three little men looked out at her, but she did not say hello. She walked past them without looking back and went into the room. She sat down by the warm stove and started to eat her lunch. "Please share some with us," cried the little men.

But she said, "I do not have enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people?" When she had finished eating, they said, "Here is a broom for you. Sweep the ground in front of the back door." "Sweep for yourselves," she answered. "I am not your servant." When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, "What shall we give her as she is so naughty and has a mean heart that will never let her do a good turn to anyone?" The first said, "I grant that she may grow uglier every day." The second said, "I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall jump out of her mouth." The third said, "I grant that she may die a sad and lonely death.

The girl looked for strawberries outside, but she could not find any. She went home feeling very angry. When she opened her mouth to tell her mother what had happened, a toad jumped out! Everyone was very surprised and scared. The stepmother was even angrier. She wanted to hurt the girl, but the girl’s beauty only grew more beautiful every day. Finally, the stepmother took a big pot and put it on the fire. She boiled yarn in it. When it was ready, she threw the hot yarn on the poor girl’s shoulder. She gave her an axe and told her to go to the frozen river. She had to cut a hole in the ice and wash the yarn there. The girl was obedient. She went to the river and cut a hole in the ice.

While she was busy cutting the wood, a beautiful carriage drove up. The king sat inside. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, "My child, who are you, and what are you doing here?"

"I am a poor girl," she said. "I am rinsing yarn."

The king felt very sorry for her. He looked at her and saw how pretty she was. He asked, "Will you come away with me?"

"Oh, yes, with all my heart!" she answered. She was so happy to leave her mother and sister behind.

She got into the carriage and drove away with the king. When they arrived at his palace, they had a big wedding. It was a wonderful party, just as the three little men had promised.

When a year had passed, the young queen had a baby boy. The stepmother heard the good news and came to the palace with her own daughter. She pretended she wanted to visit, but she was not kind. When the king went out, the wicked woman grabbed the queen by her head and the daughter grabbed her by her feet. They lifted her out of the bed and threw her out the window into the river. Then the ugly daughter lay in the bed, and the old woman covered her up. When the king came home, he wanted to talk to his wife. The old woman said, "Hush, hush, she is not well. She is very hot and tired. She needs to rest." The king did not know what happened. He did not come back until the next morning.

And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas before a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said, "King, what art thou doing now? Sleepest thou, or wakest thou?" And as he returned no answer, it said, "And my guests, what may they do?" The scullion said, "They are sleeping soundly, too." Then it asked again, "What does little baby mine?" He answered, "Sleepeth in her cradle fine.

Then she went upstairs as the queen. She fed the baby and made the little bed soft and cozy. She covered the baby up and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came back like this for two nights. On the third night, she said to the scullion, "Please go and tell the king to take his sword and wave it three times over me on the step." The scullion ran and told the king. He came with his sword and waved it three times over the spirit. At the third time, his wife stood before him. She was strong, living, and healthy, just as she had been before. The king was full of great joy. He kept the queen hidden in a quiet room until Sunday, when the baby was to be christened.

The king said, "What does a person deserve who drags someone out of bed and throws them in the water?" The old woman answered, "She deserves nothing better than to be put in a barrel full of sharp nails and rolled down the hill into the river." The king nodded. "You have spoken your own sentence," he said. He ordered a barrel to be brought. The old woman and her daughter were put inside. The top was nailed shut. The barrel rolled down the hill and splashed into the river.

Once there was a man whose wife had passed away. He had a sweet daughter. A kind woman also lived nearby, and she had a daughter of her own. The two girls became good friends. They loved to walk together in the woods. After their walk, they would visit the woman at her house. The woman looked at the man's daughter and said, "Listen, tell your father I want to marry him. Then you can wash in milk and drink wine every day. But my own daughter will have to wash in water and drink water." The girl went home and told her father exactly what the woman had said. The man was very confused. He asked, "What should I do? Marriage is a happy thing, but it can also be hard." He could not make up his mind. Finally, he took off his boot and said, "Take this boot. It has a hole in the bottom.

Once, in the middle of winter, the world was frozen as hard as a stone. The hills and valleys were covered in soft, white snow. The woman took a dress made of paper and called her step-daughter. "Here," she said, "put on this dress and go out into the wood. Bring me a basket full of strawberries. I really want some." "Good heavens!" said the girl. "No strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and the snow covers everything. And why must I go in this paper dress? It is so cold outside that my breath freezes in the air. The wind will blow right through it, and the thorns will tear it off my body." "Will you contradict me?" asked the step-mother. "See that you go. Do not come back until you have that basket of strawberries.

The girl did what the little men asked. She swept the snow away from the little house. Then, she found the most beautiful, ripe strawberries growing right out of the white snow. They were bright red and looked so sweet. She was so happy that she filled her basket. She thanked the little men and shook their hands. Then, she ran all the way home to show her step-mother what she had found. When she walked inside and said hello, a shiny gold coin fell right out of her mouth. She told them about the magic in the wood. But every time she spoke, another gold coin fell out. Soon, the whole floor was covered in gold coins. Her step-sister looked at her with a mean look and said, "Look at her! She is throwing gold around like she is rich!

While she was busy cutting the wood, a beautiful carriage drove up. The king sat inside. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, "My child, who are you, and what are you doing here?" "I am a poor girl," she said. "I am rinsing yarn." The king felt very sorry for her. He looked at her and saw how pretty she was. He asked, "Will you come away with me?" "Oh, yes, with all my heart!" she answered. She was so happy to leave her mother and sister behind. She got into the carriage and drove away with the king. When they arrived at his palace, they had a big wedding. It was a wonderful party, just as the three little men had promised.

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She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive. Once, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries. Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half. They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife. The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way. But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men. But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death. The maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice. And while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden. When a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning. And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. He answered - sleepeth in her cradle fine. Then she went upstairs in the form of the queen, nursed the baby, shook up its little bed, covered it over, and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came thus for two nights. On the third, she said to the scullion, go and tell the king to take his sword and swing it three times over me on the threshold. Then the scullion ran and told this to the king, who came with his sword and swung it thrice over the spirit, and at the third time, his wife stood before him strong, living, and healthy as she had been before. Thereupon the king was full of great joy, but he kept the queen hidden in a chamber until the sunday, when the baby was to be christened. And when it was christened he said, what does a person deserve who drags another out of bed and throws him in the water. The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. 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The girl did as she was bid, but the water drew the hole together and the boot became full to the top. She informed her father how it had turned out. Then he himself went up, and when he saw that she was right, he went to the widow and wooed her, and the wedding was celebrated. The next morning, when the two girls got up, there stood before the man's daughter milk for her to wash in and wine for her to drink, but before the woman's daughter stood water to wash herself with and water for drinking. On the second morning, stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter as well as before the woman's daughter. And on the third morning stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter, and milk for washing and wine for drinking, before the woman's daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her step-daughter's bitterest enemy, and day by day did her best to treat her still worse. She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive. Once, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries. Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half. They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife. The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way. But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men. But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death. The maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice. And while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden. When a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning. And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. He answered - sleepeth in her cradle fine. Then she went upstairs in the form of the queen, nursed the baby, shook up its little bed, covered it over, and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came thus for two nights. On the third, she said to the scullion, go and tell the king to take his sword and swing it three times over me on the threshold. Then the scullion ran and told this to the king, who came with his sword and swung it thrice over the spirit, and at the third time, his wife stood before him strong, living, and healthy as she had been before. Thereupon the king was full of great joy, but he kept the queen hidden in a chamber until the sunday, when the baby was to be christened. And when it was christened he said, what does a person deserve who drags another out of bed and throws him in the water. The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. Then, said the king, you have pronounced your own sentence. And he ordered such a barrel to be brought, and the old woman to be put into it with her daughter, and then the top was hammered on, and the barrel rolled down hill until it went into the river.",
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"There was once a man whose wife died, and a woman whose husband died, and the man had a daughter, and the woman also had a daughter. The girls were acquainted with each other, and went out walking together, and afterwards came to the woman in her house. Then said she to the man's daughter, listen, tell your father that I would like to marry him, and then you shall wash yourself in milk every morning, and drink wine, but my own daughter shall wash herself in water and drink water. The girl went home, and told her father what the woman had said. The man said, what shall I do. Marriage is a joy and also a torment. At length as he could come to no decision, he pulled off his boot, and said, take this boot, it has a hole in the sole of it. Go with it up to the loft, hang it on the big nail, and then pour water into it. If it hold the water, then I will again take a wife, but if it run through, I will not. The girl did as she was bid, but the water drew the hole together and the boot became full to the top. She informed her father how it had turned out. Then he himself went up, and when he saw that she was right, he went to the widow and wooed her, and the wedding was celebrated. The next morning, when the two girls got up, there stood before the man's daughter milk for her to wash in and wine for her to drink, but before the woman's daughter stood water to wash herself with and water for drinking. On the second morning, stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter as well as before the woman's daughter. And on the third morning stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter, and milk for washing and wine for drinking, before the woman's daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her step-daughter's bitterest enemy, and day by day did her best to treat her still worse. She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive. Once, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries. Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half. They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife. The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way. But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men. But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death. The maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice. And while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden. When a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning. And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. He answered - sleepeth in her cradle fine. Then she went upstairs in the form of the queen, nursed the baby, shook up its little bed, covered it over, and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came thus for two nights. On the third, she said to the scullion, go and tell the king to take his sword and swing it three times over me on the threshold. Then the scullion ran and told this to the king, who came with his sword and swung it thrice over the spirit, and at the third time, his wife stood before him strong, living, and healthy as she had been before. Thereupon the king was full of great joy, but he kept the queen hidden in a chamber until the sunday, when the baby was to be christened. And when it was christened he said, what does a person deserve who drags another out of bed and throws him in the water. The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. Then, said the king, you have pronounced your own sentence. And he ordered such a barrel to be brought, and the old woman to be put into it with her daughter, and then the top was hammered on, and the barrel rolled down hill until it went into the river."
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The girl did as she was bid, but the water drew the hole together and the boot became full to the top. She informed her father how it had turned out. Then he himself went up, and when he saw that she was right, he went to the widow and wooed her, and the wedding was celebrated. The next morning, when the two girls got up, there stood before the man's daughter milk for her to wash in and wine for her to drink, but before the woman's daughter stood water to wash herself with and water for drinking. On the second morning, stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter as well as before the woman's daughter. And on the third morning stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter, and milk for washing and wine for drinking, before the woman's daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her step-daughter's bitterest enemy, and day by day did her best to treat her still worse. She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive. Once, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries. Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half. They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife. The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way. But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men. But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death. The maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice. And while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden. When a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning. And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. He answered - sleepeth in her cradle fine. Then she went upstairs in the form of the queen, nursed the baby, shook up its little bed, covered it over, and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came thus for two nights. On the third, she said to the scullion, go and tell the king to take his sword and swing it three times over me on the threshold. Then the scullion ran and told this to the king, who came with his sword and swung it thrice over the spirit, and at the third time, his wife stood before him strong, living, and healthy as she had been before. Thereupon the king was full of great joy, but he kept the queen hidden in a chamber until the sunday, when the baby was to be christened. And when it was christened he said, what does a person deserve who drags another out of bed and throws him in the water. The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. Then, said the king, you have pronounced your own sentence. And he ordered such a barrel to be brought, and the old woman to be put into it with her daughter, and then the top was hammered on, and the barrel rolled down hill until it went into the river.",
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"There was once a man whose wife died, and a woman whose husband died, and the man had a daughter, and the woman also had a daughter. The girls were acquainted with each other, and went out walking together, and afterwards came to the woman in her house. Then said she to the man's daughter, listen, tell your father that I would like to marry him, and then you shall wash yourself in milk every morning, and drink wine, but my own daughter shall wash herself in water and drink water. The girl went home, and told her father what the woman had said. The man said, what shall I do. Marriage is a joy and also a torment. At length as he could come to no decision, he pulled off his boot, and said, take this boot, it has a hole in the sole of it.",
"Go with it up to the loft, hang it on the big nail, and then pour water into it. If it hold the water, then I will again take a wife, but if it run through, I will not. The girl did as she was bid, but the water drew the hole together and the boot became full to the top. She informed her father how it had turned out. Then he himself went up, and when he saw that she was right, he went to the widow and wooed her, and the wedding was celebrated. The next morning, when the two girls got up, there stood before the man's daughter milk for her to wash in and wine for her to drink, but before the woman's daughter stood water to wash herself with and water for drinking.",
"On the second morning, stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter as well as before the woman's daughter. And on the third morning stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter, and milk for washing and wine for drinking, before the woman's daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her step-daughter's bitterest enemy, and day by day did her best to treat her still worse. She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive.",
"Once, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries.",
"Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half.",
"They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife.",
"The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way.",
"But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men.",
"But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death.",
"The maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice.",
"And while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden.",
"When a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning.",
"And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. He answered - sleepeth in her cradle fine.",
"Then she went upstairs in the form of the queen, nursed the baby, shook up its little bed, covered it over, and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came thus for two nights. On the third, she said to the scullion, go and tell the king to take his sword and swing it three times over me on the threshold. Then the scullion ran and told this to the king, who came with his sword and swung it thrice over the spirit, and at the third time, his wife stood before him strong, living, and healthy as she had been before. Thereupon the king was full of great joy, but he kept the queen hidden in a chamber until the sunday, when the baby was to be christened.",
"And when it was christened he said, what does a person deserve who drags another out of bed and throws him in the water. The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. Then, said the king, you have pronounced your own sentence. And he ordered such a barrel to be brought, and the old woman to be put into it with her daughter, and then the top was hammered on, and the barrel rolled down hill until it went into the river."
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"There was once a man whose wife died, and a woman whose husband died, and the man had a daughter, and the woman also had a daughter. The girls were acquainted with each other, and went out walking together, and afterwards came to the woman in her house. Then said she to the man's daughter, listen, tell your father that I would like to marry him, and then you shall wash yourself in milk every morning, and drink wine, but my own daughter shall wash herself in water and drink water. The girl went home, and told her father what the woman had said. The man said, what shall I do. Marriage is a joy and also a torment. At length as he could come to no decision, he pulled off his boot, and said, take this boot, it has a hole in the sole of it.",
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"On the second morning, stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter as well as before the woman's daughter. And on the third morning stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter, and milk for washing and wine for drinking, before the woman's daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her step-daughter's bitterest enemy, and day by day did her best to treat her still worse. She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive.",
"Once, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries.",
"Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half.",
"They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife.",
"The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way.",
"But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men.",
"But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death.",
"The maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice.",
"And while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden.",
"When a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning.",
"And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. He answered - sleepeth in her cradle fine.",
"Then she went upstairs in the form of the queen, nursed the baby, shook up its little bed, covered it over, and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came thus for two nights. On the third, she said to the scullion, go and tell the king to take his sword and swing it three times over me on the threshold. Then the scullion ran and told this to the king, who came with his sword and swung it thrice over the spirit, and at the third time, his wife stood before him strong, living, and healthy as she had been before. Thereupon the king was full of great joy, but he kept the queen hidden in a chamber until the sunday, when the baby was to be christened.",
"And when it was christened he said, what does a person deserve who drags another out of bed and throws him in the water. The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. Then, said the king, you have pronounced your own sentence. And he ordered such a barrel to be brought, and the old woman to be put into it with her daughter, and then the top was hammered on, and the barrel rolled down hill until it went into the river."
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The girl did as she was bid, but the water drew the hole together and the boot became full to the top. She informed her father how it had turned out. Then he himself went up, and when he saw that she was right, he went to the widow and wooed her, and the wedding was celebrated. The next morning, when the two girls got up, there stood before the man's daughter milk for her to wash in and wine for her to drink, but before the woman's daughter stood water to wash herself with and water for drinking.\n\nOn the second morning, stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter as well as before the woman's daughter. And on the third morning stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter, and milk for washing and wine for drinking, before the woman's daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her step-daughter's bitterest enemy, and day by day did her best to treat her still worse. She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive.\n\nOnce, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries.\n\nThen she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half.\n\nThey asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife.\n\nThe girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way.\n\nBut she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men.\n\nBut she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death.\n\nThe maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice.\n\nAnd while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden.\n\nWhen a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning.\n\nAnd as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. 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The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. Then, said the king, you have pronounced your own sentence. And he ordered such a barrel to be brought, and the old woman to be put into it with her daughter, and then the top was hammered on, and the barrel rolled down hill until it went into the river.",
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"Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half.",
"They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife.",
"The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way.",
"But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men.",
"But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death.",
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"There was once a man whose wife died, and a woman whose husband died, and the man had a daughter, and the woman also had a daughter. The girls were acquainted with each other, and went out walking together, and afterwards came to the woman in her house. Then said she to the man's daughter, listen, tell your father that I would like to marry him, and then you shall wash yourself in milk every morning, and drink wine, but my own daughter shall wash herself in water and drink water. The girl went home, and told her father what the woman had said. The man said, what shall I do. Marriage is a joy and also a torment. At length as he could come to no decision, he pulled off his boot, and said, take this boot, it has a hole in the sole of it.",
"Go with it up to the loft, hang it on the big nail, and then pour water into it. If it hold the water, then I will again take a wife, but if it run through, I will not. The girl did as she was bid, but the water drew the hole together and the boot became full to the top. She informed her father how it had turned out. Then he himself went up, and when he saw that she was right, he went to the widow and wooed her, and the wedding was celebrated. The next morning, when the two girls got up, there stood before the man's daughter milk for her to wash in and wine for her to drink, but before the woman's daughter stood water to wash herself with and water for drinking.",
"On the second morning, stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter as well as before the woman's daughter. And on the third morning stood water for washing and water for drinking before the man's daughter, and milk for washing and wine for drinking, before the woman's daughter, and so it continued. The woman became her step-daughter's bitterest enemy, and day by day did her best to treat her still worse. She was also envious because her step-daughter was beautiful and lovable, and her own daughter ugly and repulsive.",
"Once, in winter, when everything was frozen as hard as a stone, and hill and vale lay covered with snow, the woman made a frock of paper, called her step-daughter, and said, here, put on this dress and go out into the wood, and fetch me a little basketful of strawberries - I have a fancy for some. Good heavens, said the girl, no strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and besides the snow has covered everything. And why am I to go in this paper frock. It is so cold outside that one's very breath freezes. The wind will blow through the frock, and the thorns tear it off my body. Will you contradict me, said the step-mother. See that you go, and do not show your face again until you have the basketful of strawberries.",
"Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread, and said, this will last you the day, and thought, you will die of cold and hunger outside, and will never be seen again by me. Then the maiden was obedient, and put on the paper frock, and went out with the basket. Far and wide there was nothing but snow, and not a green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood she saw a small house out of which peeped three little men. She wished them good day, and knocked modestly at the door. They cried, come in, and she entered the room and seated herself on the bench by the stove, where she began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, give us some of it, too. Willingly, she said, and divided her piece of bread in two 'and gave them the half.",
"They asked, what do you here in the forest in the winter time, in your thin dress. Ah, she answered, I am to look for a basketful of strawberries, and am not to go home until I can take them with me. When she had eaten her bread, they gave her a broom and said, sweep away the snow at the back door. But when she was outside, the three little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so good, and has shared her bread with us. Then said the first, my gift is, that she shall every day grow more beautiful. The second said, my gift is, that gold pieces shall fall out of her mouth every time she speaks. The third said, my gift is, that a king shall come and take her to wife.",
"The girl, however, did as the little men had bidden her, swept away the snow behind the little house with the broom, and what did she find but real ripe strawberries, which came up quite dark-red out of the snow. In her joy she hastily gathered her basket full, thanked the little men, shook hands with each of them, and ran home to take her step-mother what she had longed for so much. When she went in and said good-evening, a piece of gold at once fell out of her mouth. Thereupon she related what had happened to her in the wood, but with every word she spoke, gold pieces fell from her mouth, until very soon the whole room was covered with them. Now look at her arrogance, cried the step-sister, to throw about gold in that way.",
"But she was secretly envious of it, and wanted to go into the forest also to seek strawberries. The mother said, no, my dear little daughter, it is too cold, you might freeze to death. However, as her daughter let her have no peace, the mother at last yielded, made her a magnificent coat of fur, which she was obliged to put on, and gave her bread-and-butter and cake for her journey. The girl went into the forest and straight up to the little house. The three little men peeped out again, but she did not greet them, and without looking round at them and without speaking to them, she went awkwardly into the room, seated herself by the stove, and began to eat her bread-and-butter and cake. Give us some of it, cried the little men.",
"But she replied, there is not enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people. When she had finished eating, they said, there is a broom for you, sweep it all clean in front of the back-door. Sweep for yourselves, she answered, I am not your servant. When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, what shall we give her as she is so naughty, and has a wicked envious heart, that will never let her do a good turn to any one. The first said, I grant that she may grow uglier every day. The second said, I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall spring out of her mouth. The third said, I grant that she may die a miserable death.",
"The maiden looked for strawberries outside, but as she found none, she went angrily home. And when she opened her mouth, and was about to tell her mother what had happened to her in the wood, with every word she said, a toad sprang out of her mouth, so that everyone was seized with horror of her. Then the step-mother was still more enraged, and thought of nothing but how to do every possible injury to the man's daughter, whose beauty, however, grew daily greater. At length she took a cauldron, set it on the fire, and boiled yarn in it. When it was boiled, she flung it on the poor girl's shoulder, and gave her an axe in order that she might go on the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and rinse the yarn. She was obedient, went thither and cut a hole in the ice.",
"And while she was in the midst of her cutting, a splendid carriage came driving up, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, my child, who are you, and what are you doing here. I am a poor girl, and I am rinsing yarn. Then the king felt compassion, and when he saw that she was so very beautiful, he said to her, will you go away with me. Ah, yes, with all my heart, she answered, for she was glad to get away from the mother and sister. So she got into the carriage and drove away with the king, and when they arrived at his palace, the wedding was celebrated with great pomp, as the little men had granted to the maiden.",
"When a year was over, the young queen bore a son, and as the step-mother had heard of her great good-fortune, she came with her daughter to the palace and pretended that she wanted to pay her a visit. But, when the king had gone out, and no one else was present, the wicked woman seized the queen by the head, and her daughter seized her by the feet, and they lifted her out of the bed, and threw her out of the window into the stream which flowed by. Then the ugly daughter laid herself in the bed, and the old woman covered her up over her head. When the king came home again and wanted to speak to his wife, the old woman cried, hush, hush, that can't be now, she is lying in a violent sweat. You must let her rest to-day. The king suspected no evil, and did not come back again till next morning.",
"And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas formerly a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said - king, what art thou doing now. Sleepest thou, or wakest thou. And as he returned no answer, it said - and my guests, what may they do. The scullion said - they are sleeping soundly, too. Then it asked again - what does little baby mine. He answered - sleepeth in her cradle fine.",
"Then she went upstairs in the form of the queen, nursed the baby, shook up its little bed, covered it over, and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came thus for two nights. On the third, she said to the scullion, go and tell the king to take his sword and swing it three times over me on the threshold. Then the scullion ran and told this to the king, who came with his sword and swung it thrice over the spirit, and at the third time, his wife stood before him strong, living, and healthy as she had been before. Thereupon the king was full of great joy, but he kept the queen hidden in a chamber until the sunday, when the baby was to be christened.",
"And when it was christened he said, what does a person deserve who drags another out of bed and throws him in the water. The wretch deserves nothing better, answered the old woman, than to be taken and put in a barrel stuck full of nails, and rolled down hill into the water. Then, said the king, you have pronounced your own sentence. And he ordered such a barrel to be brought, and the old woman to be put into it with her daughter, and then the top was hammered on, and the barrel rolled down hill until it went into the river."
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"Once there was a man whose wife had passed away. He had a sweet daughter. A kind woman also lived nearby, and she had a daughter of her own. The two girls became good friends. They loved to walk together in the woods. After their walk, they would visit the woman at her house.\n\nThe woman looked at the man's daughter and said, \"Listen, tell your father I want to marry him. Then you can wash in milk and drink wine every day. But my own daughter will have to wash in water and drink water.\"\n\nThe girl went home and told her father exactly what the woman had said. The man was very confused. He asked, \"What should I do? Marriage is a happy thing, but it can also be hard.\"\n\nHe could not make up his mind. Finally, he took off his boot and said, \"Take this boot. It has a hole in the bottom.",
"She went up to the attic and hung the boot on the big nail. Then she poured water into it. If the boot held the water, he would marry her again. If it leaked, he would not. The girl did exactly as she was told. The water filled the boot up to the very top. She told her father what had happened. He went up to check and saw she was right. He went to the widow and asked her to marry him. They had a happy wedding. The next morning, the man's daughter woke up to find fresh milk for her bath and sweet wine to drink. But the woman's daughter only had water to wash with and plain water to drink.",
"On the second morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter. And on the third morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter, but for the woman’s daughter, there was milk for washing and wine for drinking. This happened every day. The woman became very mean to her step-daughter. She tried to make her life hard. She was jealous because her step-daughter was kind and pretty, while her own daughter was not.",
"Once, in the middle of winter, the world was frozen as hard as a stone. The hills and valleys were covered in soft, white snow. The woman took a dress made of paper and called her step-daughter. \"Here,\" she said, \"put on this dress and go out into the wood. Bring me a basket full of strawberries. I really want some.\"\n\n\"Good heavens!\" said the girl. \"No strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and the snow covers everything. And why must I go in this paper dress? It is so cold outside that my breath freezes in the air. The wind will blow right through it, and the thorns will tear it off my body.\"\n\n\"Will you contradict me?\" asked the step-mother. \"See that you go. Do not come back until you have that basket of strawberries.",
"Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread and said, \"This will last you the day.\" She thought, \"You will be cold and hungry outside, and I will never see you again.\" The girl was obedient. She put on her paper dress and took the basket to go outside. Far and wide, there was nothing but snow, and not a single green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood, she saw a small house. Three little men peeked out at her. She wished them a good day and knocked on the door politely. They called out, \"Come in!\" She walked inside and sat on the bench by the stove. She began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, \"Give us some, too.\" \"Of course,\" she said. She divided her piece of bread in two and gave them the half.",
"They asked, \"What are you doing here in the forest in the winter? You are wearing such thin clothes.\" She answered, \"I am looking for a basket of sweet strawberries. I cannot go home until I have them.\" After she ate her bread, they gave her a broom and said, \"Sweep the snow away at the back door.\" When she went outside, the three little men talked to each other. \"What shall we give her?\" they asked. \"She is so kind and shared her bread with us.\" The first said, \"My gift is that she will grow more beautiful every day.\" The second said, \"My gift is that gold coins will fall from her mouth when she speaks.\" The third said, \"My gift is that a king will come and marry her.",
"The girl did what the little men asked. She swept the snow away from the little house. Then, she found the most beautiful, ripe strawberries growing right out of the white snow. They were bright red and looked so sweet. She was so happy that she filled her basket. She thanked the little men and shook their hands. Then, she ran all the way home to show her step-mother what she had found.\n\nWhen she walked inside and said hello, a shiny gold coin fell right out of her mouth. She told them about the magic in the wood. But every time she spoke, another gold coin fell out. Soon, the whole floor was covered in gold coins. Her step-sister looked at her with a mean look and said, \"Look at her! She is throwing gold around like she is rich!",
"But she was secretly jealous of the fun, and she wanted to go into the forest to find sweet strawberries too. Her mother said, \"No, my dear little girl, it is too cold. You might get a bad cold.\" However, the girl would not stop asking, so her mother finally said yes. She made the girl a warm, fluffy coat and packed her a basket with bread and cake. The girl went into the forest and walked right up to the little house. The three little men looked out at her, but she did not say hello. She walked past them without looking back and went into the room. She sat down by the warm stove and started to eat her lunch. \"Please share some with us,\" cried the little men.",
"But she said, \"I do not have enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people?\" When she had finished eating, they said, \"Here is a broom for you. Sweep the ground in front of the back door.\" \"Sweep for yourselves,\" she answered. \"I am not your servant.\" When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, \"What shall we give her as she is so naughty and has a mean heart that will never let her do a good turn to anyone?\" The first said, \"I grant that she may grow uglier every day.\" The second said, \"I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall jump out of her mouth.\" The third said, \"I grant that she may die a sad and lonely death.",
"The girl looked for strawberries outside, but she could not find any. She went home feeling very angry. When she opened her mouth to tell her mother what had happened, a toad jumped out! Everyone was very surprised and scared. The stepmother was even angrier. She wanted to hurt the girl, but the girl’s beauty only grew more beautiful every day. Finally, the stepmother took a big pot and put it on the fire. She boiled yarn in it. When it was ready, she threw the hot yarn on the poor girl’s shoulder. She gave her an axe and told her to go to the frozen river. She had to cut a hole in the ice and wash the yarn there. The girl was obedient. She went to the river and cut a hole in the ice.",
"While she was busy cutting the wood, a beautiful carriage drove up. The king sat inside. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, \"My child, who are you, and what are you doing here?\"\n\n\"I am a poor girl,\" she said. \"I am rinsing yarn.\"\n\nThe king felt very sorry for her. He looked at her and saw how pretty she was. He asked, \"Will you come away with me?\"\n\n\"Oh, yes, with all my heart!\" she answered. She was so happy to leave her mother and sister behind.\n\nShe got into the carriage and drove away with the king. When they arrived at his palace, they had a big wedding. It was a wonderful party, just as the three little men had promised.",
"When a year had passed, the young queen had a baby boy. The stepmother heard the good news and came to the palace with her own daughter. She pretended she wanted to visit, but she was not kind. When the king went out, the wicked woman grabbed the queen by her head and the daughter grabbed her by her feet. They lifted her out of the bed and threw her out the window into the river. Then the ugly daughter lay in the bed, and the old woman covered her up. When the king came home, he wanted to talk to his wife. The old woman said, \"Hush, hush, she is not well. She is very hot and tired. She needs to rest.\" The king did not know what happened. He did not come back until the next morning.",
"And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas before a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said, \"King, what art thou doing now? Sleepest thou, or wakest thou?\" And as he returned no answer, it said, \"And my guests, what may they do?\" The scullion said, \"They are sleeping soundly, too.\" Then it asked again, \"What does little baby mine?\" He answered, \"Sleepeth in her cradle fine.",
"Then she went upstairs as the queen. She fed the baby and made the little bed soft and cozy. She covered the baby up and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came back like this for two nights. On the third night, she said to the scullion, \"Please go and tell the king to take his sword and wave it three times over me on the step.\" The scullion ran and told the king. He came with his sword and waved it three times over the spirit. At the third time, his wife stood before him. She was strong, living, and healthy, just as she had been before. The king was full of great joy. He kept the queen hidden in a quiet room until Sunday, when the baby was to be christened.",
"The king said, \"What does a person deserve who drags someone out of bed and throws them in the water?\" The old woman answered, \"She deserves nothing better than to be put in a barrel full of sharp nails and rolled down the hill into the river.\" The king nodded. \"You have spoken your own sentence,\" he said. He ordered a barrel to be brought. The old woman and her daughter were put inside. The top was nailed shut. The barrel rolled down the hill and splashed into the river."
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"child_friendly_text": "Once there was a man whose wife had passed away. He had a sweet daughter. A kind woman also lived nearby, and she had a daughter of her own. The two girls became good friends. They loved to walk together in the woods. After their walk, they would visit the woman at her house.\n\nThe woman looked at the man's daughter and said, \"Listen, tell your father I want to marry him. Then you can wash in milk and drink wine every day. But my own daughter will have to wash in water and drink water.\"\n\nThe girl went home and told her father exactly what the woman had said. The man was very confused. He asked, \"What should I do? Marriage is a happy thing, but it can also be hard.\"\n\nHe could not make up his mind. Finally, he took off his boot and said, \"Take this boot. It has a hole in the bottom.\n\nShe went up to the attic and hung the boot on the big nail. Then she poured water into it. If the boot held the water, he would marry her again. If it leaked, he would not. The girl did exactly as she was told. The water filled the boot up to the very top. She told her father what had happened. He went up to check and saw she was right. He went to the widow and asked her to marry him. They had a happy wedding. The next morning, the man's daughter woke up to find fresh milk for her bath and sweet wine to drink. But the woman's daughter only had water to wash with and plain water to drink.\n\nOn the second morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter. And on the third morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter, but for the woman’s daughter, there was milk for washing and wine for drinking. This happened every day. The woman became very mean to her step-daughter. She tried to make her life hard. She was jealous because her step-daughter was kind and pretty, while her own daughter was not.\n\nOnce, in the middle of winter, the world was frozen as hard as a stone. The hills and valleys were covered in soft, white snow. The woman took a dress made of paper and called her step-daughter. \"Here,\" she said, \"put on this dress and go out into the wood. Bring me a basket full of strawberries. I really want some.\"\n\n\"Good heavens!\" said the girl. \"No strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and the snow covers everything. And why must I go in this paper dress? It is so cold outside that my breath freezes in the air. The wind will blow right through it, and the thorns will tear it off my body.\"\n\n\"Will you contradict me?\" asked the step-mother. \"See that you go. Do not come back until you have that basket of strawberries.\n\nThen she gave her a little piece of hard bread and said, \"This will last you the day.\" She thought, \"You will be cold and hungry outside, and I will never see you again.\" The girl was obedient. She put on her paper dress and took the basket to go outside. Far and wide, there was nothing but snow, and not a single green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood, she saw a small house. Three little men peeked out at her. She wished them a good day and knocked on the door politely. They called out, \"Come in!\" She walked inside and sat on the bench by the stove. She began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, \"Give us some, too.\" \"Of course,\" she said. She divided her piece of bread in two and gave them the half.\n\nThey asked, \"What are you doing here in the forest in the winter? You are wearing such thin clothes.\" She answered, \"I am looking for a basket of sweet strawberries. I cannot go home until I have them.\" After she ate her bread, they gave her a broom and said, \"Sweep the snow away at the back door.\" When she went outside, the three little men talked to each other. \"What shall we give her?\" they asked. \"She is so kind and shared her bread with us.\" The first said, \"My gift is that she will grow more beautiful every day.\" The second said, \"My gift is that gold coins will fall from her mouth when she speaks.\" The third said, \"My gift is that a king will come and marry her.\n\nThe girl did what the little men asked. She swept the snow away from the little house. Then, she found the most beautiful, ripe strawberries growing right out of the white snow. They were bright red and looked so sweet. She was so happy that she filled her basket. She thanked the little men and shook their hands. Then, she ran all the way home to show her step-mother what she had found.\n\nWhen she walked inside and said hello, a shiny gold coin fell right out of her mouth. She told them about the magic in the wood. But every time she spoke, another gold coin fell out. Soon, the whole floor was covered in gold coins. Her step-sister looked at her with a mean look and said, \"Look at her! She is throwing gold around like she is rich!\n\nBut she was secretly jealous of the fun, and she wanted to go into the forest to find sweet strawberries too. Her mother said, \"No, my dear little girl, it is too cold. You might get a bad cold.\" However, the girl would not stop asking, so her mother finally said yes. She made the girl a warm, fluffy coat and packed her a basket with bread and cake. The girl went into the forest and walked right up to the little house. The three little men looked out at her, but she did not say hello. She walked past them without looking back and went into the room. She sat down by the warm stove and started to eat her lunch. \"Please share some with us,\" cried the little men.\n\nBut she said, \"I do not have enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people?\" When she had finished eating, they said, \"Here is a broom for you. Sweep the ground in front of the back door.\" \"Sweep for yourselves,\" she answered. \"I am not your servant.\" When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, \"What shall we give her as she is so naughty and has a mean heart that will never let her do a good turn to anyone?\" The first said, \"I grant that she may grow uglier every day.\" The second said, \"I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall jump out of her mouth.\" The third said, \"I grant that she may die a sad and lonely death.\n\nThe girl looked for strawberries outside, but she could not find any. She went home feeling very angry. When she opened her mouth to tell her mother what had happened, a toad jumped out! Everyone was very surprised and scared. The stepmother was even angrier. She wanted to hurt the girl, but the girl’s beauty only grew more beautiful every day. Finally, the stepmother took a big pot and put it on the fire. She boiled yarn in it. When it was ready, she threw the hot yarn on the poor girl’s shoulder. She gave her an axe and told her to go to the frozen river. She had to cut a hole in the ice and wash the yarn there. The girl was obedient. She went to the river and cut a hole in the ice.\n\nWhile she was busy cutting the wood, a beautiful carriage drove up. The king sat inside. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, \"My child, who are you, and what are you doing here?\"\n\n\"I am a poor girl,\" she said. \"I am rinsing yarn.\"\n\nThe king felt very sorry for her. He looked at her and saw how pretty she was. He asked, \"Will you come away with me?\"\n\n\"Oh, yes, with all my heart!\" she answered. She was so happy to leave her mother and sister behind.\n\nShe got into the carriage and drove away with the king. When they arrived at his palace, they had a big wedding. It was a wonderful party, just as the three little men had promised.\n\nWhen a year had passed, the young queen had a baby boy. The stepmother heard the good news and came to the palace with her own daughter. She pretended she wanted to visit, but she was not kind. When the king went out, the wicked woman grabbed the queen by her head and the daughter grabbed her by her feet. They lifted her out of the bed and threw her out the window into the river. Then the ugly daughter lay in the bed, and the old woman covered her up. When the king came home, he wanted to talk to his wife. The old woman said, \"Hush, hush, she is not well. She is very hot and tired. She needs to rest.\" The king did not know what happened. He did not come back until the next morning.\n\nAnd as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas before a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said, \"King, what art thou doing now? Sleepest thou, or wakest thou?\" And as he returned no answer, it said, \"And my guests, what may they do?\" The scullion said, \"They are sleeping soundly, too.\" Then it asked again, \"What does little baby mine?\" He answered, \"Sleepeth in her cradle fine.\n\nThen she went upstairs as the queen. She fed the baby and made the little bed soft and cozy. She covered the baby up and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came back like this for two nights. On the third night, she said to the scullion, \"Please go and tell the king to take his sword and wave it three times over me on the step.\" The scullion ran and told the king. He came with his sword and waved it three times over the spirit. At the third time, his wife stood before him. She was strong, living, and healthy, just as she had been before. The king was full of great joy. He kept the queen hidden in a quiet room until Sunday, when the baby was to be christened.\n\nThe king said, \"What does a person deserve who drags someone out of bed and throws them in the water?\" The old woman answered, \"She deserves nothing better than to be put in a barrel full of sharp nails and rolled down the hill into the river.\" The king nodded. \"You have spoken your own sentence,\" he said. He ordered a barrel to be brought. The old woman and her daughter were put inside. The top was nailed shut. The barrel rolled down the hill and splashed into the river.",
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"Once there was a man whose wife had passed away. He had a sweet daughter. A kind woman also lived nearby, and she had a daughter of her own. The two girls became good friends. They loved to walk together in the woods. After their walk, they would visit the woman at her house.\n\nThe woman looked at the man's daughter and said, \"Listen, tell your father I want to marry him. Then you can wash in milk and drink wine every day. But my own daughter will have to wash in water and drink water.\"\n\nThe girl went home and told her father exactly what the woman had said. The man was very confused. He asked, \"What should I do? Marriage is a happy thing, but it can also be hard.\"\n\nHe could not make up his mind. Finally, he took off his boot and said, \"Take this boot. It has a hole in the bottom.",
"She went up to the attic and hung the boot on the big nail. Then she poured water into it. If the boot held the water, he would marry her again. If it leaked, he would not. The girl did exactly as she was told. The water filled the boot up to the very top. She told her father what had happened. He went up to check and saw she was right. He went to the widow and asked her to marry him. They had a happy wedding. The next morning, the man's daughter woke up to find fresh milk for her bath and sweet wine to drink. But the woman's daughter only had water to wash with and plain water to drink.",
"On the second morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter. And on the third morning, there was water for washing and water for drinking for the man’s daughter, but for the woman’s daughter, there was milk for washing and wine for drinking. This happened every day. The woman became very mean to her step-daughter. She tried to make her life hard. She was jealous because her step-daughter was kind and pretty, while her own daughter was not.",
"Once, in the middle of winter, the world was frozen as hard as a stone. The hills and valleys were covered in soft, white snow. The woman took a dress made of paper and called her step-daughter. \"Here,\" she said, \"put on this dress and go out into the wood. Bring me a basket full of strawberries. I really want some.\"\n\n\"Good heavens!\" said the girl. \"No strawberries grow in winter. The ground is frozen, and the snow covers everything. And why must I go in this paper dress? It is so cold outside that my breath freezes in the air. The wind will blow right through it, and the thorns will tear it off my body.\"\n\n\"Will you contradict me?\" asked the step-mother. \"See that you go. Do not come back until you have that basket of strawberries.",
"Then she gave her a little piece of hard bread and said, \"This will last you the day.\" She thought, \"You will be cold and hungry outside, and I will never see you again.\" The girl was obedient. She put on her paper dress and took the basket to go outside. Far and wide, there was nothing but snow, and not a single green blade to be seen. When she got into the wood, she saw a small house. Three little men peeked out at her. She wished them a good day and knocked on the door politely. They called out, \"Come in!\" She walked inside and sat on the bench by the stove. She began to warm herself and eat her breakfast. The little men said, \"Give us some, too.\" \"Of course,\" she said. She divided her piece of bread in two and gave them the half.",
"They asked, \"What are you doing here in the forest in the winter? You are wearing such thin clothes.\" She answered, \"I am looking for a basket of sweet strawberries. I cannot go home until I have them.\" After she ate her bread, they gave her a broom and said, \"Sweep the snow away at the back door.\" When she went outside, the three little men talked to each other. \"What shall we give her?\" they asked. \"She is so kind and shared her bread with us.\" The first said, \"My gift is that she will grow more beautiful every day.\" The second said, \"My gift is that gold coins will fall from her mouth when she speaks.\" The third said, \"My gift is that a king will come and marry her.",
"The girl did what the little men asked. She swept the snow away from the little house. Then, she found the most beautiful, ripe strawberries growing right out of the white snow. They were bright red and looked so sweet. She was so happy that she filled her basket. She thanked the little men and shook their hands. Then, she ran all the way home to show her step-mother what she had found.\n\nWhen she walked inside and said hello, a shiny gold coin fell right out of her mouth. She told them about the magic in the wood. But every time she spoke, another gold coin fell out. Soon, the whole floor was covered in gold coins. Her step-sister looked at her with a mean look and said, \"Look at her! She is throwing gold around like she is rich!",
"But she was secretly jealous of the fun, and she wanted to go into the forest to find sweet strawberries too. Her mother said, \"No, my dear little girl, it is too cold. You might get a bad cold.\" However, the girl would not stop asking, so her mother finally said yes. She made the girl a warm, fluffy coat and packed her a basket with bread and cake. The girl went into the forest and walked right up to the little house. The three little men looked out at her, but she did not say hello. She walked past them without looking back and went into the room. She sat down by the warm stove and started to eat her lunch. \"Please share some with us,\" cried the little men.",
"But she said, \"I do not have enough for myself, so how can I give it away to other people?\" When she had finished eating, they said, \"Here is a broom for you. Sweep the ground in front of the back door.\" \"Sweep for yourselves,\" she answered. \"I am not your servant.\" When she saw that they were not going to give her anything, she went out by the door. Then the little men said to each other, \"What shall we give her as she is so naughty and has a mean heart that will never let her do a good turn to anyone?\" The first said, \"I grant that she may grow uglier every day.\" The second said, \"I grant that at every word she says, a toad shall jump out of her mouth.\" The third said, \"I grant that she may die a sad and lonely death.",
"The girl looked for strawberries outside, but she could not find any. She went home feeling very angry. When she opened her mouth to tell her mother what had happened, a toad jumped out! Everyone was very surprised and scared. The stepmother was even angrier. She wanted to hurt the girl, but the girl’s beauty only grew more beautiful every day. Finally, the stepmother took a big pot and put it on the fire. She boiled yarn in it. When it was ready, she threw the hot yarn on the poor girl’s shoulder. She gave her an axe and told her to go to the frozen river. She had to cut a hole in the ice and wash the yarn there. The girl was obedient. She went to the river and cut a hole in the ice.",
"While she was busy cutting the wood, a beautiful carriage drove up. The king sat inside. The carriage stopped, and the king asked, \"My child, who are you, and what are you doing here?\"\n\n\"I am a poor girl,\" she said. \"I am rinsing yarn.\"\n\nThe king felt very sorry for her. He looked at her and saw how pretty she was. He asked, \"Will you come away with me?\"\n\n\"Oh, yes, with all my heart!\" she answered. She was so happy to leave her mother and sister behind.\n\nShe got into the carriage and drove away with the king. When they arrived at his palace, they had a big wedding. It was a wonderful party, just as the three little men had promised.",
"When a year had passed, the young queen had a baby boy. The stepmother heard the good news and came to the palace with her own daughter. She pretended she wanted to visit, but she was not kind. When the king went out, the wicked woman grabbed the queen by her head and the daughter grabbed her by her feet. They lifted her out of the bed and threw her out the window into the river. Then the ugly daughter lay in the bed, and the old woman covered her up. When the king came home, he wanted to talk to his wife. The old woman said, \"Hush, hush, she is not well. She is very hot and tired. She needs to rest.\" The king did not know what happened. He did not come back until the next morning.",
"And as he talked with his wife and she answered him, with every word a toad leaped out, whereas before a piece of gold had fallen. Then he asked what that could be, but the old woman said that she had got that from the violent sweat, and would soon lose it again. During the night, however, the scullion saw a duck come swimming up the gutter, and it said, \"King, what art thou doing now? Sleepest thou, or wakest thou?\" And as he returned no answer, it said, \"And my guests, what may they do?\" The scullion said, \"They are sleeping soundly, too.\" Then it asked again, \"What does little baby mine?\" He answered, \"Sleepeth in her cradle fine.",
"Then she went upstairs as the queen. She fed the baby and made the little bed soft and cozy. She covered the baby up and then swam away again down the gutter in the shape of a duck. She came back like this for two nights. On the third night, she said to the scullion, \"Please go and tell the king to take his sword and wave it three times over me on the step.\" The scullion ran and told the king. He came with his sword and waved it three times over the spirit. At the third time, his wife stood before him. She was strong, living, and healthy, just as she had been before. The king was full of great joy. He kept the queen hidden in a quiet room until Sunday, when the baby was to be christened.",
"The king said, \"What does a person deserve who drags someone out of bed and throws them in the water?\" The old woman answered, \"She deserves nothing better than to be put in a barrel full of sharp nails and rolled down the hill into the river.\" The king nodded. \"You have spoken your own sentence,\" he said. He ordered a barrel to be brought. The old woman and her daughter were put inside. The top was nailed shut. The barrel rolled down the hill and splashed into the river."
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