The Skilful Huntsman

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The Skilful Huntsman

Once there was a young man who learned how to fix locks. He told his father he wanted to travel the world and find a good job. His father was happy about it. He gave the young man some money for his trip. So, the young man traveled around and looked for work. After a while, he decided he did not want to fix locks anymore. He did not like it. Instead, he wanted to go hunting.

Then a huntsman in green clothes met him on his walk. He asked where the boy was going. The young man said he was a locksmith’s apprentice, but he did not like that job anymore. He wanted to learn how to hunt. "Oh, yes," said the huntsman. "If you come with me." So the boy went with him and learned how to hunt for many years. When he wanted to try his luck somewhere else, the huntsman gave him a special air-gun. It was a wonderful gift because it never missed the target. Then the boy set out and walked into a huge forest. It was so big that he could not walk through it all in just one day.

When evening came, he climbed high up into a tree to stay safe from the wild beasts.

It was almost midnight when he saw a tiny, twinkling light in the distance. He looked down through the trees to find it. First, he took off his hat and threw it down toward the light. He wanted to use his hat as a marker so he could find it again when he climbed down. He climbed down, found his hat, put it back on, and walked straight toward the light. The farther he walked, the bigger the light became. When he got close, he saw a huge fire and three big giants sitting by it. They were roasting a big ox on a stick.

Then one of them said, "I want to taste the meat to see if it is ready." He pulled a piece off and was about to put it in his mouth. Suddenly, the huntsman shot it right out of his hand! "Oh my," said the giant. "If the wind didn't blow the piece out of my hand," and he took another piece. But just as he was about to bite it, the huntsman shot it away again. The giant got very angry. He hit the man sitting next to him on the ear and shouted, "Why are you taking my food away?" "I didn't take it," said the other man. "A sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.

The giant tried to take another bite, but the huntsman shot it right out of his hand. Then the giant said, "That was a good shot! You shot the food right out of his mouth. We could use someone like that." He shouted, "Come here, sharpshooter! Sit by the fire and eat your fill. We won't hurt you. But if you won't come, and we have to bring you by force, you are in big trouble.

The young man walked up to them and said, "I am a great hunter. I never miss when I aim my gun." They smiled and said, "If you come with us, we will treat you very well. Outside the forest, there is a big lake. Behind it stands a tall tower. A lovely princess is trapped inside, and we want to save her." "I can do that," he said. "I will get her for you right away." Then they added, "But there is one more thing. There is a tiny dog that barks loudly when anyone gets close. When it barks, everyone in the castle wakes up. That is why we cannot go there. Can you shoot the dog for us?" "Yes," he said. "That sounds like fun.

After this, he got into a boat and rowed across the lake. As soon as he stepped onto the land, the little dog came running out. The huntsman took his airgun and gently shot the dog.

The giants were very happy. They thought they had the princess safe. But the huntsman wanted to look around first. He told them to wait outside. Then he went into the castle. It was very quiet inside. Everyone was fast asleep. When he opened the first door, he saw a silver sword on the wall. It had a golden star on it and the king's name. On the table, there was a sealed letter. He broke it open. It said that anyone who held the sword could defeat anything.

So he took the sword from the wall and hung it at his side. He walked on and entered the room where the king's daughter was sleeping. She was so beautiful that he stopped and held his breath to look at her. He thought to himself, "How can I give an innocent girl into the power of the wild giants, who have bad thoughts?" He looked around and saw a pair of slippers under the bed. On the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left was her own name with a star. She also wore a large scarf of silk with gold threads. On the right side was her father's name, and on the left was her own, all written in golden letters.

The huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut a little piece from the corner of the dress. He put it in his bag. Then he took the pretty slipper with the king's name on it and put that in, too. The maiden was still sleeping soundly. She was all tucked in her night-dress, and he cut a tiny bit from that, too. He put it in with the rest, but he was very gentle and did not touch her at all.

Then he went out and left her sleeping peacefully. When he returned to the gate, the giants were still waiting there. They thought he was bringing the princess. But he told them to come inside, because the maiden was safe with him now. He said he could not open the gate for them, but there was a small hole they could crawl through. The first giant tried to squeeze in. The huntsman grabbed the giant's long hair in his hand. He pulled the head inside and cut it off with one quick swing of his sword. Then he pulled the rest of the giant inside. He called to the second giant and did the same thing. He cut off the third giant's head, too. The huntsman was very happy that he had saved the beautiful maiden from her enemies. He took out their tongues and put them in his bag.

Then he thought, "I will go home to my father and show him what I have done. After that, I will travel around the world. The good luck God gives me will help me find my way.

But when the king in the castle woke up, he saw the three big giants lying there, fast asleep. He went into his daughter's room and woke her up gently. He asked her who could have killed the giants. Then she said, "Dear father, I do not know. I was just sleeping." But when she got up to put on her slippers, the right one was gone. She looked at her scarf, and a piece was missing. She looked at her nightdress, and a piece was cut out of it. The king called all his people together, the soldiers and everyone else. He asked who had set his daughter free and killed the giants.

Now, he had a captain who was one-eyed and looked very scary. He said he had done it. Then the old king said that since he had done such a great job, he should marry his daughter. But the girl said, "No, dear father. I will not marry him. Instead, I will go far away into the world as far as my legs can carry me." But the king said that if she would not marry him, she should take off her beautiful royal clothes and wear simple peasant clothes. She should go to a potter and learn to make clay pots.

So she took off her fancy royal clothes. She went to a potter and borrowed many clay pots for a stall. She promised to pay for them if she sold them by evening. Then the King told her to sit in a corner and sell them. He made some farmers drive their carts over the stall. He wanted the pots to break into tiny pieces. When the King's daughter put her stall in the street, the carts came. They broke all the pots into tiny fragments. She began to cry and said, "Oh no, how will I ever pay for the pots now." The King wanted her to marry the captain, but instead, she went back to the potter and asked him to lend to her once more.

He said, "No. You must first pay for what you already have.

Then she went to her father and cried, and told him she wanted to go out into the world. Her father said, "I will build a small house for you deep in the forest. You can live there forever and cook for everyone, but you must not ask for any money." When the house was ready, a sign was hung on the door. It said, "Come in and eat, but please do not pay." She stayed there for a long time. People all over the world heard about a kind girl who cooked for free, and they could read the nice message on her door.

He put on the shiny sword he had used to fight the three big giants. Then he went inside and asked for something to eat. He was very happy to see the beautiful girl. She was as lovely as a painting. She asked where he came from and where he was going. He said, "I am just traveling the world." Then she asked about the sword, because she saw her father's name on it.

He asked her if she were the king's daughter. "Yes," answered she. "With this sword," said he, "I cut off the heads of three big giants." And he took their tongues out of his bag to show her. Then he also showed her the glass slipper, the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.

She was so happy to see him. She said, "You are the one who saved me!" They went to the old king together. She brought him to her room. She told the king, "The huntsman is the real hero who set me free from the giants." The old king looked at the proof. He was happy to know the truth. He said, "You may marry the huntsman." The maiden was very glad. Then, she dressed the huntsman in fine clothes. The king ordered a big feast. When they sat down to eat, the captain sat on the left. The huntsman sat on the right. The captain thought the huntsman was just a special guest.

After they had eaten and drunk, the old king asked the captain to guess a riddle. He said, "Imagine someone said he had defeated the three big giants. If you asked where their tongues were, and he had to go look, but there were none in their heads. How could that be?" The captain said, "Then they cannot have had any." "No, that is not right," said the king. "Every animal has a tongue." Then he asked what should happen to anyone who gave such a silly answer. The captain replied, "He ought to be torn in pieces." The king said he had already decided that punishment. The captain was put in prison and then torn into four pieces. The king's daughter was then married to the huntsman.

Then he brought his father and mother to live with him. They were all very happy together. After the old king passed away, the son became the new king.

When evening came, he climbed high up into a tree to stay safe from the wild beasts.

After this, he got into a boat and rowed across the lake. As soon as he stepped onto the land, the little dog came running out. The huntsman took his airgun and gently shot the dog.

Then he thought, "I will go home to my father and show him what I have done. After that, I will travel around the world. The good luck God gives me will help me find my way.

He said, "No. You must first pay for what you already have.

The huntsman heard the noise too. He thought, "That would be perfect for you. You are poor and have no money." So he grabbed his air-gun and his backpack. Inside, he kept the gifts he had taken from the castle to prove he was honest. He walked into the forest and found the little house. He saw the sign that said, "To-day you stay, to-morrow you leave." He put on the shiny sword he had used to fight the three big giants. Then he went inside and asked for something to eat. He was very happy to see the beautiful girl. She was as lovely as a painting. She asked where he came from and where he was going. He said, "I am just traveling the world." Then she asked about the sword, because she saw her father's name on it.

Then he brought his father and mother to live with him. They were all very happy together. After the old king passed away, the son became the new king.

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"There was once a young fellow who had learnt the trade of locksmith, and told his father he would now go out into the world and seek his fortune. Very well, said the father, I am quite content with that, and gave him some money for his journey. So he traveled about and looked for work. After a time he resolved not to follow the trade of locksmith any more, for he no longer liked it, but he took a fancy for hunting.",
"Then there met him in his rambles a huntsman dressed in green, who asked whence he came and whither he was going. The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman, \"if you will go with me.\" Then the young fellow went with him, apprenticed himself to him for some years, and learnt the art of hunting. After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day. When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.",
"Towards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it. Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"",
"The giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"",
"On this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\" After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.",
"When the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him. So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters. Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.",
"Then he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack. Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"",
"But when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.",
"Now it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.",
"So she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more. He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.",
"Then she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.",
"The huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it. He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.",
"Hereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit. When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman. After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom."
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After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day. When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.\n\nTowards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it. Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"\n\nThe giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"\n\nOn this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\" After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.\n\nWhen the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him. So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters. Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.\n\nThen he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack. Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"\n\nBut when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.\n\nNow it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.\n\nSo she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more. He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.\n\nThen she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.\n\nThe huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it. He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.\n\nHereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit. When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman. After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom.",
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"There was once a young fellow who had learnt the trade of locksmith, and told his father he would now go out into the world and seek his fortune. Very well, said the father, I am quite content with that, and gave him some money for his journey. So he traveled about and looked for work. After a time he resolved not to follow the trade of locksmith any more, for he no longer liked it, but he took a fancy for hunting.",
"Then there met him in his rambles a huntsman dressed in green, who asked whence he came and whither he was going. The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman, \"if you will go with me.\" Then the young fellow went with him, apprenticed himself to him for some years, and learnt the art of hunting. After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day. When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.",
"Towards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it. Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"",
"The giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"",
"On this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\" After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.",
"When the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him. So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters. Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.",
"Then he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack. Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"",
"But when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.",
"Now it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.",
"So she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more. He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.",
"Then she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.",
"The huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it. He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.",
"Hereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit. When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman. After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom."
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"clean_text": "There was once a young fellow who had learnt the trade of locksmith, and told his father he would now go out into the world and seek his fortune. Very well, said the father, I am quite content with that, and gave him some money for his journey. So he traveled about and looked for work. After a time he resolved not to follow the trade of locksmith any more, for he no longer liked it, but he took a fancy for hunting.\n\nThen there met him in his rambles a huntsman dressed in green, who asked whence he came and whither he was going. The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman, \"if you will go with me.\" Then the young fellow went with him, apprenticed himself to him for some years, and learnt the art of hunting. After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day. When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.\n\nTowards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it. Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"\n\nThe giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"\n\nOn this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\" After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.\n\nWhen the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him. So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters. Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.\n\nThen he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack. Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"\n\nBut when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.\n\nNow it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.\n\nSo she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more. He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.\n\nThen she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.\n\nThe huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it. He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.\n\nHereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit. When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman. After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom.",
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"There was once a young fellow who had learnt the trade of locksmith, and told his father he would now go out into the world and seek his fortune. Very well, said the father, I am quite content with that, and gave him some money for his journey. So he traveled about and looked for work. After a time he resolved not to follow the trade of locksmith any more, for he no longer liked it, but he took a fancy for hunting.",
"Then there met him in his rambles a huntsman dressed in green, who asked whence he came and whither he was going. The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman, \"if you will go with me.\" Then the young fellow went with him, apprenticed himself to him for some years, and learnt the art of hunting. After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day.",
"When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.",
"Towards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it.",
"Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"",
"The giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"",
"On this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\"",
"After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.",
"When the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him.",
"So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters.",
"Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.",
"Then he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack.",
"Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"",
"But when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.",
"Now it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.",
"So she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more.",
"He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.",
"Then she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.",
"The huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it.",
"He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.",
"Hereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit.",
"When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman.",
"After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom."
],
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"There was once a young fellow who had learnt the trade of locksmith, and told his father he would now go out into the world and seek his fortune. Very well, said the father, I am quite content with that, and gave him some money for his journey. So he traveled about and looked for work. After a time he resolved not to follow the trade of locksmith any more, for he no longer liked it, but he took a fancy for hunting.",
"Then there met him in his rambles a huntsman dressed in green, who asked whence he came and whither he was going. The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman, \"if you will go with me.\" Then the young fellow went with him, apprenticed himself to him for some years, and learnt the art of hunting. After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day. When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.",
"Towards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it. Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"",
"The giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"",
"On this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\" After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.",
"When the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him. So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters. Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.",
"Then he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack. Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"",
"But when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.",
"Now it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.",
"So she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more. He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.",
"Then she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.",
"The huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it. He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.",
"Hereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit. When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman. After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom."
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"speech_safe_text": "There was once a young fellow who had learnt the trade of locksmith, and told his father he would now go out into the world and seek his fortune. Very well, said the father, I am quite content with that, and gave him some money for his journey. So he traveled about and looked for work. After a time he resolved not to follow the trade of locksmith any more, for he no longer liked it, but he took a fancy for hunting.\n\nThen there met him in his rambles a huntsman dressed in green, who asked whence he came and whither he was going. The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman, \"if you will go with me.\" Then the young fellow went with him, apprenticed himself to him for some years, and learnt the art of hunting. After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day. When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.\n\nTowards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it. Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"\n\nThe giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"\n\nOn this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\" After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.\n\nWhen the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him. So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters. Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.\n\nThen he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack. Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"\n\nBut when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.\n\nNow it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.\n\nSo she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more. He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.\n\nThen she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.\n\nThe huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it. He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.\n\nHereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit. When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman. After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom.",
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"On this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\"",
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"When the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him.",
"So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters.",
"Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.",
"Then he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack.",
"Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"",
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"Now it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.",
"So she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more.",
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"The huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it.",
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"There was once a young fellow who had learnt the trade of locksmith, and told his father he would now go out into the world and seek his fortune. Very well, said the father, I am quite content with that, and gave him some money for his journey. So he traveled about and looked for work. After a time he resolved not to follow the trade of locksmith any more, for he no longer liked it, but he took a fancy for hunting.",
"Then there met him in his rambles a huntsman dressed in green, who asked whence he came and whither he was going. The youth said he was a locksmith's apprentice, but that the trade no longer pleased him, and he had a liking for huntsmanship, would he teach it to him. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman, \"if you will go with me.\" Then the young fellow went with him, apprenticed himself to him for some years, and learnt the art of hunting. After this he wished to try his luck elsewhere, and the huntsman gave him nothing in the way of payment but an air-gun, which had, however, this property, that it hit its mark without fail whenever he shot with it. Then he set out and found himself in a very large forest, which he could not get to the end of in one day.",
"When evening came he seated himself in a high tree in order to escape from the wild beasts.",
"Towards midnight, it seemed to him as if a tiny little light glimmered in the distance. Then he looked down through the branches towards it, and kept well in his mind where it was. But in the first place he took off his hat and threw it down in the direction of the light, so that he might go to the hat as a mark when he had descended. He got down and went to his hat, put it on again and went straight forwards. The farther he went, the larger the light grew, and when he got close to it he saw that it was an enormous fire, and that three giants were sitting by it, who had an ox on the spit, and were roasting it.",
"Presently one of them said, \"I must just taste if the meat will soon be fit to eat,\" and pulled a piece off, and was about to put it in his mouth when the huntsman shot it out of his hand. \"Well, really,\" said the giant, \"if the wind has not blown the bit out of my hand,\" and helped himself to another. But when he was just about to bite into it, the huntsman again shot it away from him. On this the giant gave the one who was sitting next him a box on the ear, and cried angrily, \"Why are you snatching my piece away from me?\" \"I have not snatched it away,\" said the other, \"a sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\"",
"The giant took another piece, but again could not keep it in his hand, for the huntsman shot it out. Then the giant said, \"That must be a good shot to shoot the bit out of one's very mouth, such an one would be useful to us.\" And he cried aloud, \"Come here, you sharpshooter, seat yourself at the fire beside us and eat your fill, we will not hurt you, but if you will not come, and we have to bring you by force, you are a lost man.\"",
"On this the youth went up to them and told them he was a skilled huntsman, and that whatever he aimed at with his gun, he was certain to hit. Then they said if he would go with them he should be well treated, and they told him that outside the forest there was a great lake, behind which stood a tower, and in the tower was imprisoned a lovely princess, whom they wished very much to carry off. \"Yes,\" said he, \"I will soon get her for you.\" Then they added, \"But there is still something else, there is a tiny little dog, which begins to bark directly any one goes near, and as soon as it barks every one in the royal palace wakens up, and for this reason we cannot get there, can you undertake to shoot it dead?\" \"Yes,\" said he, \"that will be quite fun for me.\"",
"After this he got into a boat and rowed over the lake, and as soon as he landed, the little dog came running out, and was about to bark, but the huntsman took his airgun and shot it dead.",
"When the giants saw that, they rejoiced, and thought they already had the king's daughter safe, but the huntsman wished first to see how matters stood, and told them that they must stay outside until he called them. Then he went into the castle, and all was perfectly quiet within, and every one was asleep. When he opened the door of the first room, a sword was hanging on the wall which was made of pure silver, and there was a golden star on it, and the name of the king, and on a table near it lay a sealed letter which he broke open, and inside it was written that whosoever had the sword could kill everything which opposed him.",
"So he took the sword from the wall, hung it at his side and went onwards, then he entered the room where the king's daughter was lying sleeping, and she was so beautiful that he stood still and, holding his breath, looked at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent maiden into the power of the wild giants, who have evil in their minds?\" He looked about further, and under the bed stood a pair of slippers, on the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left her own name with a star. She wore also a large scarf of silk embroidered with gold, and on the right side was her father's name, and on the left her own, all in golden letters.",
"Then the huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut the right corner off, and put it in his knapsack, and then he also took the right slipper with the king's name, and thrust that in. Now the maiden still lay sleeping, and she was quite sewn into her night-dress, and he cut a morsel from this also, and thrust it in with the rest, but he did all without touching her.",
"Then he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess. But he cried to them that they were to come in, for the maiden was already in their power, that he could not open the gate to them, but there was a hole through which they must creep. Then the first approached, and the huntsman wound the giant's hair round his hand, pulled the head in, and cut it off at one stroke with his sword, and then drew the rest of him in. He called to the second and cut his head off likewise, and then he killed the third also, and he was well pleased that he had freed the beautiful maiden from her enemies, and he cut out their tongues and put them in his knapsack.",
"Then thought he, \"I will go home to my father and let him see what I have already done, and afterwards I will travel about the world, the luck which God is pleased to grant me will easily find me.\"",
"But when the king in the castle awoke, he saw the three giants lying there dead. So he went into the sleeping-room of his daughter, awoke her, and asked who could have killed the giants. Then said she, \"Dear father, I know not, I have been asleep.\" But when she arose and would have put on her slippers, the right one was gone, and when she looked at her scarf it was cut, and the right corner was missing, and when she looked at her night-dress a piece was cut out of it. The king summoned his whole court together, soldiers and every one else who was there, and asked who had set his daughter at liberty, and killed the giants.",
"Now it happened that he had a captain, who was one-eyed and a hideous man, and he said that he had done it. Then the old king said that as he had accomplished this, he should marry his daughter. But the maiden said, \"Rather than marry him, dear father, I will go away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him she should take off her royal garments and wear peasant's clothing, and go forth, and that she should go to a potter, and begin a trade in earthen vessels.",
"So she put off her royal apparel, and went to a potter and borrowed crockery enough for a stall, and she promised him also that if she had sold it by the evening, she would pay for it. Then the king said she was to seat herself in a corner with it and sell it, and he arranged with some peasants to drive over it with their carts, so that everything should be broken into a thousand pieces. When therefore the king's daughter had placed her stall in the street, by came the carts, and broke all she had into tiny fragments. She began to weep and said, \"Alas, how shall I ever pay for the pots now.\" The king, however, had wished by this to force her to marry the captain; but instead of that, she again went to the potter, and asked him if he would lend to her once more.",
"He said, no, she must first pay for what she already had.",
"Then she went to her father and cried and lamented, and said she would go forth into the world. Then said he, \"I will have a little hut built for you in the forest outside, and in it you shall stay all your life long and cook for every one, but you shall take no money for it.\" When the hut was ready, a sign was hung on the door whereon was written, to-day given, to-morrow sold. There she remained a long time, and it was rumored about the world that a maiden was there who cooked without asking for payment, and that this was set forth on a sign outside her door.",
"The huntsman heard it likewise, and thought to himself, that would suit you. You are poor, and have no money. So he took his air-gun and his knapsack, wherein all the things which he had formerly carried away with him from the castle as tokens of his truthfulness were still lying, and went into the forest, and found the hut with the sign, to-day given, to-morrow sold. He had put on the sword with which he had cut off the heads of the three giants, and thus entered the hut, and ordered something to eat to be given to him. He was charmed with the beautiful maiden, who was indeed as lovely as any picture. She asked him whence he came and whither he was going, and he said, \"I am roaming about the world.\" Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it.",
"He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"did I cut off the heads of three giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.",
"Hereupon she was overjoyed, and said that he was the one who had delivered her. On this they went together to the old king, and fetched him to the hut, and she led him into her room, and told him that the huntsman was the man who had really set her free from the giants. And when the aged king saw all the proofs of this, he could no longer doubt, and said that he was very glad he knew how everything had happened, and that the huntsman should have her to wife, on which the maiden was glad at heart. Then she dressed the huntsman as if he were a foreign lord, and the king ordered a feast to be prepared. When they went to table, the captain sat on the left side of the king's daughter, but the huntsman was on the right, and the captain thought he was a foreign lord who had come on a visit.",
"When they had eaten and drunk, the old king said to the captain that he would set before him something which he must guess. \"Supposing someone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants, tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads. How could that have happened?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"Not so,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue,\" and then he likewise asked what punishment should be meted out to anyone who made such an answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" Then the king said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces, but the king's daughter was married to the huntsman.",
"After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old king he received the kingdom."
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"Once there was a young man who learned how to fix locks. He told his father he wanted to travel the world and find a good job. His father was happy about it. He gave the young man some money for his trip. So, the young man traveled around and looked for work. After a while, he decided he did not want to fix locks anymore. He did not like it. Instead, he wanted to go hunting.",
"Then a huntsman in green clothes met him on his walk. He asked where the boy was going. The young man said he was a locksmith’s apprentice, but he did not like that job anymore. He wanted to learn how to hunt. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman. \"If you come with me.\" So the boy went with him and learned how to hunt for many years. When he wanted to try his luck somewhere else, the huntsman gave him a special air-gun. It was a wonderful gift because it never missed the target. Then the boy set out and walked into a huge forest. It was so big that he could not walk through it all in just one day.",
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"It was almost midnight when he saw a tiny, twinkling light in the distance. He looked down through the trees to find it. First, he took off his hat and threw it down toward the light. He wanted to use his hat as a marker so he could find it again when he climbed down. He climbed down, found his hat, put it back on, and walked straight toward the light. The farther he walked, the bigger the light became. When he got close, he saw a huge fire and three big giants sitting by it. They were roasting a big ox on a stick.",
"Then one of them said, \"I want to taste the meat to see if it is ready.\" He pulled a piece off and was about to put it in his mouth. Suddenly, the huntsman shot it right out of his hand! \"Oh my,\" said the giant. \"If the wind didn't blow the piece out of my hand,\" and he took another piece. But just as he was about to bite it, the huntsman shot it away again. The giant got very angry. He hit the man sitting next to him on the ear and shouted, \"Why are you taking my food away?\" \"I didn't take it,\" said the other man. \"A sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.",
"The giant tried to take another bite, but the huntsman shot it right out of his hand. Then the giant said, \"That was a good shot! You shot the food right out of his mouth. We could use someone like that.\" He shouted, \"Come here, sharpshooter! Sit by the fire and eat your fill. We won't hurt you. But if you won't come, and we have to bring you by force, you are in big trouble.",
"The young man walked up to them and said, \"I am a great hunter. I never miss when I aim my gun.\" They smiled and said, \"If you come with us, we will treat you very well. Outside the forest, there is a big lake. Behind it stands a tall tower. A lovely princess is trapped inside, and we want to save her.\" \"I can do that,\" he said. \"I will get her for you right away.\" Then they added, \"But there is one more thing. There is a tiny dog that barks loudly when anyone gets close. When it barks, everyone in the castle wakes up. That is why we cannot go there. Can you shoot the dog for us?\" \"Yes,\" he said. \"That sounds like fun.",
"After this, he got into a boat and rowed across the lake. As soon as he stepped onto the land, the little dog came running out. The huntsman took his airgun and gently shot the dog.",
"The giants were very happy. They thought they had the princess safe. But the huntsman wanted to look around first. He told them to wait outside. Then he went into the castle. It was very quiet inside. Everyone was fast asleep. When he opened the first door, he saw a silver sword on the wall. It had a golden star on it and the king's name. On the table, there was a sealed letter. He broke it open. It said that anyone who held the sword could defeat anything.",
"So he took the sword from the wall and hung it at his side. He walked on and entered the room where the king's daughter was sleeping. She was so beautiful that he stopped and held his breath to look at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent girl into the power of the wild giants, who have bad thoughts?\" He looked around and saw a pair of slippers under the bed. On the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left was her own name with a star. She also wore a large scarf of silk with gold threads. On the right side was her father's name, and on the left was her own, all written in golden letters.",
"The huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut a little piece from the corner of the dress. He put it in his bag. Then he took the pretty slipper with the king's name on it and put that in, too. The maiden was still sleeping soundly. She was all tucked in her night-dress, and he cut a tiny bit from that, too. He put it in with the rest, but he was very gentle and did not touch her at all.",
"Then he went out and left her sleeping peacefully. When he returned to the gate, the giants were still waiting there. They thought he was bringing the princess. But he told them to come inside, because the maiden was safe with him now. He said he could not open the gate for them, but there was a small hole they could crawl through. The first giant tried to squeeze in. The huntsman grabbed the giant's long hair in his hand. He pulled the head inside and cut it off with one quick swing of his sword. Then he pulled the rest of the giant inside. He called to the second giant and did the same thing. He cut off the third giant's head, too. The huntsman was very happy that he had saved the beautiful maiden from her enemies. He took out their tongues and put them in his bag.",
"Then he thought, \"I will go home to my father and show him what I have done. After that, I will travel around the world. The good luck God gives me will help me find my way.",
"But when the king in the castle woke up, he saw the three big giants lying there, fast asleep. He went into his daughter's room and woke her up gently. He asked her who could have killed the giants. Then she said, \"Dear father, I do not know. I was just sleeping.\" But when she got up to put on her slippers, the right one was gone. She looked at her scarf, and a piece was missing. She looked at her nightdress, and a piece was cut out of it. The king called all his people together, the soldiers and everyone else. He asked who had set his daughter free and killed the giants.",
"Now, he had a captain who was one-eyed and looked very scary. He said he had done it. Then the old king said that since he had done such a great job, he should marry his daughter. But the girl said, \"No, dear father. I will not marry him. Instead, I will go far away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him, she should take off her beautiful royal clothes and wear simple peasant clothes. She should go to a potter and learn to make clay pots.",
"So she took off her fancy royal clothes. She went to a potter and borrowed many clay pots for a stall. She promised to pay for them if she sold them by evening. Then the King told her to sit in a corner and sell them. He made some farmers drive their carts over the stall. He wanted the pots to break into tiny pieces. When the King's daughter put her stall in the street, the carts came. They broke all the pots into tiny fragments. She began to cry and said, \"Oh no, how will I ever pay for the pots now.\" The King wanted her to marry the captain, but instead, she went back to the potter and asked him to lend to her once more.",
"He said, \"No. You must first pay for what you already have.",
"Then she went to her father and cried, and told him she wanted to go out into the world. Her father said, \"I will build a small house for you deep in the forest. You can live there forever and cook for everyone, but you must not ask for any money.\" When the house was ready, a sign was hung on the door. It said, \"Come in and eat, but please do not pay.\" She stayed there for a long time. People all over the world heard about a kind girl who cooked for free, and they could read the nice message on her door.",
"The huntsman heard the noise too. He thought, \"That would be perfect for you. You are poor and have no money.\" So he grabbed his air-gun and his backpack. Inside, he kept the gifts he had taken from the castle to prove he was honest. He walked into the forest and found the little house. He saw the sign that said, \"To-day you stay, to-morrow you leave.\"\n\nHe put on the shiny sword he had used to fight the three big giants. Then he went inside and asked for something to eat. He was very happy to see the beautiful girl. She was as lovely as a painting. She asked where he came from and where he was going. He said, \"I am just traveling the world.\" Then she asked about the sword, because she saw her father's name on it.",
"He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"I cut off the heads of three big giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his bag to show her. Then he also showed her the glass slipper, the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.",
"She was so happy to see him. She said, \"You are the one who saved me!\" They went to the old king together. She brought him to her room. She told the king, \"The huntsman is the real hero who set me free from the giants.\" The old king looked at the proof. He was happy to know the truth. He said, \"You may marry the huntsman.\" The maiden was very glad. Then, she dressed the huntsman in fine clothes. The king ordered a big feast. When they sat down to eat, the captain sat on the left. The huntsman sat on the right. The captain thought the huntsman was just a special guest.",
"After they had eaten and drunk, the old king asked the captain to guess a riddle. He said, \"Imagine someone said he had defeated the three big giants. If you asked where their tongues were, and he had to go look, but there were none in their heads. How could that be?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"No, that is not right,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue.\" Then he asked what should happen to anyone who gave such a silly answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" The king said he had already decided that punishment. The captain was put in prison and then torn into four pieces. The king's daughter was then married to the huntsman.",
"Then he brought his father and mother to live with him. They were all very happy together. After the old king passed away, the son became the new king."
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"child_friendly_text": "Once there was a young man who learned how to fix locks. He told his father he wanted to travel the world and find a good job. His father was happy about it. He gave the young man some money for his trip. So, the young man traveled around and looked for work. After a while, he decided he did not want to fix locks anymore. He did not like it. Instead, he wanted to go hunting.\n\nThen a huntsman in green clothes met him on his walk. He asked where the boy was going. The young man said he was a locksmith’s apprentice, but he did not like that job anymore. He wanted to learn how to hunt. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman. \"If you come with me.\" So the boy went with him and learned how to hunt for many years. When he wanted to try his luck somewhere else, the huntsman gave him a special air-gun. It was a wonderful gift because it never missed the target. Then the boy set out and walked into a huge forest. It was so big that he could not walk through it all in just one day.\n\nWhen evening came, he climbed high up into a tree to stay safe from the wild beasts.\n\nIt was almost midnight when he saw a tiny, twinkling light in the distance. He looked down through the trees to find it. First, he took off his hat and threw it down toward the light. He wanted to use his hat as a marker so he could find it again when he climbed down. He climbed down, found his hat, put it back on, and walked straight toward the light. The farther he walked, the bigger the light became. When he got close, he saw a huge fire and three big giants sitting by it. They were roasting a big ox on a stick.\n\nThen one of them said, \"I want to taste the meat to see if it is ready.\" He pulled a piece off and was about to put it in his mouth. Suddenly, the huntsman shot it right out of his hand! \"Oh my,\" said the giant. \"If the wind didn't blow the piece out of my hand,\" and he took another piece. But just as he was about to bite it, the huntsman shot it away again. The giant got very angry. He hit the man sitting next to him on the ear and shouted, \"Why are you taking my food away?\" \"I didn't take it,\" said the other man. \"A sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.\n\nThe giant tried to take another bite, but the huntsman shot it right out of his hand. Then the giant said, \"That was a good shot! You shot the food right out of his mouth. We could use someone like that.\" He shouted, \"Come here, sharpshooter! Sit by the fire and eat your fill. We won't hurt you. But if you won't come, and we have to bring you by force, you are in big trouble.\n\nThe young man walked up to them and said, \"I am a great hunter. I never miss when I aim my gun.\" They smiled and said, \"If you come with us, we will treat you very well. Outside the forest, there is a big lake. Behind it stands a tall tower. A lovely princess is trapped inside, and we want to save her.\" \"I can do that,\" he said. \"I will get her for you right away.\" Then they added, \"But there is one more thing. There is a tiny dog that barks loudly when anyone gets close. When it barks, everyone in the castle wakes up. That is why we cannot go there. Can you shoot the dog for us?\" \"Yes,\" he said. \"That sounds like fun.\n\nAfter this, he got into a boat and rowed across the lake. As soon as he stepped onto the land, the little dog came running out. The huntsman took his airgun and gently shot the dog.\n\nThe giants were very happy. They thought they had the princess safe. But the huntsman wanted to look around first. He told them to wait outside. Then he went into the castle. It was very quiet inside. Everyone was fast asleep. When he opened the first door, he saw a silver sword on the wall. It had a golden star on it and the king's name. On the table, there was a sealed letter. He broke it open. It said that anyone who held the sword could defeat anything.\n\nSo he took the sword from the wall and hung it at his side. He walked on and entered the room where the king's daughter was sleeping. She was so beautiful that he stopped and held his breath to look at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent girl into the power of the wild giants, who have bad thoughts?\" He looked around and saw a pair of slippers under the bed. On the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left was her own name with a star. She also wore a large scarf of silk with gold threads. On the right side was her father's name, and on the left was her own, all written in golden letters.\n\nThe huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut a little piece from the corner of the dress. He put it in his bag. Then he took the pretty slipper with the king's name on it and put that in, too. The maiden was still sleeping soundly. She was all tucked in her night-dress, and he cut a tiny bit from that, too. He put it in with the rest, but he was very gentle and did not touch her at all.\n\nThen he went out and left her sleeping peacefully. When he returned to the gate, the giants were still waiting there. They thought he was bringing the princess. But he told them to come inside, because the maiden was safe with him now. He said he could not open the gate for them, but there was a small hole they could crawl through. The first giant tried to squeeze in. The huntsman grabbed the giant's long hair in his hand. He pulled the head inside and cut it off with one quick swing of his sword. Then he pulled the rest of the giant inside. He called to the second giant and did the same thing. He cut off the third giant's head, too. The huntsman was very happy that he had saved the beautiful maiden from her enemies. He took out their tongues and put them in his bag.\n\nThen he thought, \"I will go home to my father and show him what I have done. After that, I will travel around the world. The good luck God gives me will help me find my way.\n\nBut when the king in the castle woke up, he saw the three big giants lying there, fast asleep. He went into his daughter's room and woke her up gently. He asked her who could have killed the giants. Then she said, \"Dear father, I do not know. I was just sleeping.\" But when she got up to put on her slippers, the right one was gone. She looked at her scarf, and a piece was missing. She looked at her nightdress, and a piece was cut out of it. The king called all his people together, the soldiers and everyone else. He asked who had set his daughter free and killed the giants.\n\nNow, he had a captain who was one-eyed and looked very scary. He said he had done it. Then the old king said that since he had done such a great job, he should marry his daughter. But the girl said, \"No, dear father. I will not marry him. Instead, I will go far away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him, she should take off her beautiful royal clothes and wear simple peasant clothes. She should go to a potter and learn to make clay pots.\n\nSo she took off her fancy royal clothes. She went to a potter and borrowed many clay pots for a stall. She promised to pay for them if she sold them by evening. Then the King told her to sit in a corner and sell them. He made some farmers drive their carts over the stall. He wanted the pots to break into tiny pieces. When the King's daughter put her stall in the street, the carts came. They broke all the pots into tiny fragments. She began to cry and said, \"Oh no, how will I ever pay for the pots now.\" The King wanted her to marry the captain, but instead, she went back to the potter and asked him to lend to her once more.\n\nHe said, \"No. You must first pay for what you already have.\n\nThen she went to her father and cried, and told him she wanted to go out into the world. Her father said, \"I will build a small house for you deep in the forest. You can live there forever and cook for everyone, but you must not ask for any money.\" When the house was ready, a sign was hung on the door. It said, \"Come in and eat, but please do not pay.\" She stayed there for a long time. People all over the world heard about a kind girl who cooked for free, and they could read the nice message on her door.\n\nThe huntsman heard the noise too. He thought, \"That would be perfect for you. You are poor and have no money.\" So he grabbed his air-gun and his backpack. Inside, he kept the gifts he had taken from the castle to prove he was honest. He walked into the forest and found the little house. He saw the sign that said, \"To-day you stay, to-morrow you leave.\"\n\nHe put on the shiny sword he had used to fight the three big giants. Then he went inside and asked for something to eat. He was very happy to see the beautiful girl. She was as lovely as a painting. She asked where he came from and where he was going. He said, \"I am just traveling the world.\" Then she asked about the sword, because she saw her father's name on it.\n\nHe asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"I cut off the heads of three big giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his bag to show her. Then he also showed her the glass slipper, the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.\n\nShe was so happy to see him. She said, \"You are the one who saved me!\" They went to the old king together. She brought him to her room. She told the king, \"The huntsman is the real hero who set me free from the giants.\" The old king looked at the proof. He was happy to know the truth. He said, \"You may marry the huntsman.\" The maiden was very glad. Then, she dressed the huntsman in fine clothes. The king ordered a big feast. When they sat down to eat, the captain sat on the left. The huntsman sat on the right. The captain thought the huntsman was just a special guest.\n\nAfter they had eaten and drunk, the old king asked the captain to guess a riddle. He said, \"Imagine someone said he had defeated the three big giants. If you asked where their tongues were, and he had to go look, but there were none in their heads. How could that be?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"No, that is not right,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue.\" Then he asked what should happen to anyone who gave such a silly answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" The king said he had already decided that punishment. The captain was put in prison and then torn into four pieces. The king's daughter was then married to the huntsman.\n\nThen he brought his father and mother to live with him. They were all very happy together. After the old king passed away, the son became the new king.",
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"Once there was a young man who learned how to fix locks. He told his father he wanted to travel the world and find a good job. His father was happy about it. He gave the young man some money for his trip. So, the young man traveled around and looked for work. After a while, he decided he did not want to fix locks anymore. He did not like it. Instead, he wanted to go hunting.",
"Then a huntsman in green clothes met him on his walk. He asked where the boy was going. The young man said he was a locksmith’s apprentice, but he did not like that job anymore. He wanted to learn how to hunt. \"Oh, yes,\" said the huntsman. \"If you come with me.\" So the boy went with him and learned how to hunt for many years. When he wanted to try his luck somewhere else, the huntsman gave him a special air-gun. It was a wonderful gift because it never missed the target. Then the boy set out and walked into a huge forest. It was so big that he could not walk through it all in just one day.",
"When evening came, he climbed high up into a tree to stay safe from the wild beasts.",
"It was almost midnight when he saw a tiny, twinkling light in the distance. He looked down through the trees to find it. First, he took off his hat and threw it down toward the light. He wanted to use his hat as a marker so he could find it again when he climbed down. He climbed down, found his hat, put it back on, and walked straight toward the light. The farther he walked, the bigger the light became. When he got close, he saw a huge fire and three big giants sitting by it. They were roasting a big ox on a stick.",
"Then one of them said, \"I want to taste the meat to see if it is ready.\" He pulled a piece off and was about to put it in his mouth. Suddenly, the huntsman shot it right out of his hand! \"Oh my,\" said the giant. \"If the wind didn't blow the piece out of my hand,\" and he took another piece. But just as he was about to bite it, the huntsman shot it away again. The giant got very angry. He hit the man sitting next to him on the ear and shouted, \"Why are you taking my food away?\" \"I didn't take it,\" said the other man. \"A sharpshooter must have shot it away from you.",
"The giant tried to take another bite, but the huntsman shot it right out of his hand. Then the giant said, \"That was a good shot! You shot the food right out of his mouth. We could use someone like that.\" He shouted, \"Come here, sharpshooter! Sit by the fire and eat your fill. We won't hurt you. But if you won't come, and we have to bring you by force, you are in big trouble.",
"The young man walked up to them and said, \"I am a great hunter. I never miss when I aim my gun.\" They smiled and said, \"If you come with us, we will treat you very well. Outside the forest, there is a big lake. Behind it stands a tall tower. A lovely princess is trapped inside, and we want to save her.\" \"I can do that,\" he said. \"I will get her for you right away.\" Then they added, \"But there is one more thing. There is a tiny dog that barks loudly when anyone gets close. When it barks, everyone in the castle wakes up. That is why we cannot go there. Can you shoot the dog for us?\" \"Yes,\" he said. \"That sounds like fun.",
"After this, he got into a boat and rowed across the lake. As soon as he stepped onto the land, the little dog came running out. The huntsman took his airgun and gently shot the dog.",
"The giants were very happy. They thought they had the princess safe. But the huntsman wanted to look around first. He told them to wait outside. Then he went into the castle. It was very quiet inside. Everyone was fast asleep. When he opened the first door, he saw a silver sword on the wall. It had a golden star on it and the king's name. On the table, there was a sealed letter. He broke it open. It said that anyone who held the sword could defeat anything.",
"So he took the sword from the wall and hung it at his side. He walked on and entered the room where the king's daughter was sleeping. She was so beautiful that he stopped and held his breath to look at her. He thought to himself, \"How can I give an innocent girl into the power of the wild giants, who have bad thoughts?\" He looked around and saw a pair of slippers under the bed. On the right one was her father's name with a star, and on the left was her own name with a star. She also wore a large scarf of silk with gold threads. On the right side was her father's name, and on the left was her own, all written in golden letters.",
"The huntsman took a pair of scissors and cut a little piece from the corner of the dress. He put it in his bag. Then he took the pretty slipper with the king's name on it and put that in, too. The maiden was still sleeping soundly. She was all tucked in her night-dress, and he cut a tiny bit from that, too. He put it in with the rest, but he was very gentle and did not touch her at all.",
"Then he went out and left her sleeping peacefully. When he returned to the gate, the giants were still waiting there. They thought he was bringing the princess. But he told them to come inside, because the maiden was safe with him now. He said he could not open the gate for them, but there was a small hole they could crawl through. The first giant tried to squeeze in. The huntsman grabbed the giant's long hair in his hand. He pulled the head inside and cut it off with one quick swing of his sword. Then he pulled the rest of the giant inside. He called to the second giant and did the same thing. He cut off the third giant's head, too. The huntsman was very happy that he had saved the beautiful maiden from her enemies. He took out their tongues and put them in his bag.",
"Then he thought, \"I will go home to my father and show him what I have done. After that, I will travel around the world. The good luck God gives me will help me find my way.",
"But when the king in the castle woke up, he saw the three big giants lying there, fast asleep. He went into his daughter's room and woke her up gently. He asked her who could have killed the giants. Then she said, \"Dear father, I do not know. I was just sleeping.\" But when she got up to put on her slippers, the right one was gone. She looked at her scarf, and a piece was missing. She looked at her nightdress, and a piece was cut out of it. The king called all his people together, the soldiers and everyone else. He asked who had set his daughter free and killed the giants.",
"Now, he had a captain who was one-eyed and looked very scary. He said he had done it. Then the old king said that since he had done such a great job, he should marry his daughter. But the girl said, \"No, dear father. I will not marry him. Instead, I will go far away into the world as far as my legs can carry me.\" But the king said that if she would not marry him, she should take off her beautiful royal clothes and wear simple peasant clothes. She should go to a potter and learn to make clay pots.",
"So she took off her fancy royal clothes. She went to a potter and borrowed many clay pots for a stall. She promised to pay for them if she sold them by evening. Then the King told her to sit in a corner and sell them. He made some farmers drive their carts over the stall. He wanted the pots to break into tiny pieces. When the King's daughter put her stall in the street, the carts came. They broke all the pots into tiny fragments. She began to cry and said, \"Oh no, how will I ever pay for the pots now.\" The King wanted her to marry the captain, but instead, she went back to the potter and asked him to lend to her once more.",
"He said, \"No. You must first pay for what you already have.",
"Then she went to her father and cried, and told him she wanted to go out into the world. Her father said, \"I will build a small house for you deep in the forest. You can live there forever and cook for everyone, but you must not ask for any money.\" When the house was ready, a sign was hung on the door. It said, \"Come in and eat, but please do not pay.\" She stayed there for a long time. People all over the world heard about a kind girl who cooked for free, and they could read the nice message on her door.",
"The huntsman heard the noise too. He thought, \"That would be perfect for you. You are poor and have no money.\" So he grabbed his air-gun and his backpack. Inside, he kept the gifts he had taken from the castle to prove he was honest. He walked into the forest and found the little house. He saw the sign that said, \"To-day you stay, to-morrow you leave.\"\n\nHe put on the shiny sword he had used to fight the three big giants. Then he went inside and asked for something to eat. He was very happy to see the beautiful girl. She was as lovely as a painting. She asked where he came from and where he was going. He said, \"I am just traveling the world.\" Then she asked about the sword, because she saw her father's name on it.",
"He asked her if she were the king's daughter. \"Yes,\" answered she. \"With this sword,\" said he, \"I cut off the heads of three big giants.\" And he took their tongues out of his bag to show her. Then he also showed her the glass slipper, the corner of the scarf, and the piece of the night-dress.",
"She was so happy to see him. She said, \"You are the one who saved me!\" They went to the old king together. She brought him to her room. She told the king, \"The huntsman is the real hero who set me free from the giants.\" The old king looked at the proof. He was happy to know the truth. He said, \"You may marry the huntsman.\" The maiden was very glad. Then, she dressed the huntsman in fine clothes. The king ordered a big feast. When they sat down to eat, the captain sat on the left. The huntsman sat on the right. The captain thought the huntsman was just a special guest.",
"After they had eaten and drunk, the old king asked the captain to guess a riddle. He said, \"Imagine someone said he had defeated the three big giants. If you asked where their tongues were, and he had to go look, but there were none in their heads. How could that be?\" The captain said, \"Then they cannot have had any.\" \"No, that is not right,\" said the king. \"Every animal has a tongue.\" Then he asked what should happen to anyone who gave such a silly answer. The captain replied, \"He ought to be torn in pieces.\" The king said he had already decided that punishment. The captain was put in prison and then torn into four pieces. The king's daughter was then married to the huntsman.",
"Then he brought his father and mother to live with him. They were all very happy together. After the old king passed away, the son became the new king."
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