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The Two Kings' Children

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There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, "It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you."

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Then he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, "I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife."

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When the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, "My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour till it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son." Then the stone image of St. Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly till at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, "You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow."

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Then they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, "If my father calls, answer him." Then the great stone image of St. Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, "You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife. But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me."

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But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me."

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Then they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of St. Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, "When my father calls, answer." Then the great tall stone image of St. Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, "You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it."

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Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.

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Now when it was noon the king said, "One of you girls must take him something to eat." "No," said the two eldest, "we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something." Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. "Oh," said he, "I am getting on very badly." Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. "Nay," said he, "I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more." Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, "I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier."

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So she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, "Earth-workers, come forth." In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, "In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps." So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, "Earth-workers, go home." At this they all disappeared.

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When the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, "Come home when it has struck six o'clock." He did as she told him, and then the king asked, "Have you made away with the forest?" "Yes," said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, "I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake." So he asked what it was to be. "I have a great fish-pond," said the king. "You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish."

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The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, "The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock." So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. "My tools have broken to pieces again." "Oh," said she, "you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind." "No," said he, "I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that." Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.

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Then she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, "Earth-workers, come forth." In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, "We have done as you have commanded." The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, "earth-workers, go home again." Then they all went away.

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Then they all went away.

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When the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, "Have you got the fish-pond done?" "Yes," said the king's son. That was very good.

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When they were again sitting at table the king said, "You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more." "What is that, then?" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.

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And when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.

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Then she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, "Earth-workers, come forth." Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, "In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it." They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, "Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared." When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.

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When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.

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When it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, "Is the castle ready?" "Yes," said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, "I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married." Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. "Oh," said she, "what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush."

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When the father reached the place, there stood a briar with one rose on it, and he was about to gather the rose, when the thorn pricked his finger so that he was forced to go home again. His wife asked why he had not brought their daughter back with him. So he said he had nearly got up to her, but that all at once he had lost sight of her, and a briar with one rose was growing on the spot. Then said the queen, "If you had but gathered the rose, the briar would have been forced to come too." So he went back again to fetch the rose, but in the meantime the two were already far over the plain, and the king ran after them. Then the daughter once more looked round and saw her father coming, and said, "Oh, what shall we do now? I will instantly change you into a church and myself into a priest, and I will stand up in the pulpit, and preach." When the king got to the place, there stood a church, and in the pulpit was a priest preaching. So he listened to the sermon, and then went home again.

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Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, "Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching." "You should just have brought the priest," said his wife, "and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself." When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, "Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish."

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When the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, "I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her." Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, "With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need."

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So the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, "Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you."

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When he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came. Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.

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And the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, "What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well." Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, "Yes, do go there." When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.

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Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.

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When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.

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So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, "Yes," she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.

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The king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door.

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The next morning, however, he went at once to his beloved, and told her everything which had happened to him, and prayed her not to be angry with him for having forgotten her. Then the king's daughter opened the third walnut, and within it was a still more magnificent dress, which she put on, and went with her bridegroom to church, and numbers of children came who gave them flowers, and offered them gay ribbons to bind about their feet, and they were blessed by the priest, and had a merry wedding. But the false mother and the bride had to depart. And the mouth of the person who last told all this is still warm.

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The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door.

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"There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"",
"Then he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"",
"When the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour till it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of St. Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly till at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"",
"Then they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of St. Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife. But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"",
"Then they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of St. Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of St. Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"Now when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"",
"So she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.",
"When the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\" Then they all went away.",
"When the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.",
"When they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.",
"And when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.",
"Then she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\" When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.",
"When it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"",
"When the father reached the place, there stood a briar with one rose on it, and he was about to gather the rose, when the thorn pricked his finger so that he was forced to go home again. His wife asked why he had not brought their daughter back with him. So he said he had nearly got up to her, but that all at once he had lost sight of her, and a briar with one rose was growing on the spot. Then said the queen, \"If you had but gathered the rose, the briar would have been forced to come too.\" So he went back again to fetch the rose, but in the meantime the two were already far over the plain, and the king ran after them. Then the daughter once more looked round and saw her father coming, and said, \"Oh, what shall we do now? I will instantly change you into a church and myself into a priest, and I will stand up in the pulpit, and preach.\" When the king got to the place, there stood a church, and in the pulpit was a priest preaching. So he listened to the sermon, and then went home again.",
"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"",
"When the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"",
"So the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"",
"When he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came. Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.",
"And the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, \"What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well.\" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, \"Yes, do go there.\" When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.",
"So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.",
"The king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door.",
"The next morning, however, he went at once to his beloved, and told her everything which had happened to him, and prayed her not to be angry with him for having forgotten her. Then the king's daughter opened the third walnut, and within it was a still more magnificent dress, which she put on, and went with her bridegroom to church, and numbers of children came who gave them flowers, and offered them gay ribbons to bind about their feet, and they were blessed by the priest, and had a merry wedding. But the false mother and the bride had to depart. And the mouth of the person who last told all this is still warm."
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"body_text": "There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"\n\nThen he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"\n\nWhen the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour till it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of St. Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly till at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"\n\nThen they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of St. Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife. But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"\n\nThen they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of St. Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of St. Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"\n\nThen he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.\n\nNow when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"\n\nSo she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.\n\nWhen the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"\n\nThe next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.\n\nThen she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\" Then they all went away.\n\nWhen the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.\n\nWhen they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.\n\nAnd when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.\n\nThen she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\" When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.\n\nWhen it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"\n\nWhen the father reached the place, there stood a briar with one rose on it, and he was about to gather the rose, when the thorn pricked his finger so that he was forced to go home again. His wife asked why he had not brought their daughter back with him. So he said he had nearly got up to her, but that all at once he had lost sight of her, and a briar with one rose was growing on the spot. Then said the queen, \"If you had but gathered the rose, the briar would have been forced to come too.\" So he went back again to fetch the rose, but in the meantime the two were already far over the plain, and the king ran after them. Then the daughter once more looked round and saw her father coming, and said, \"Oh, what shall we do now? I will instantly change you into a church and myself into a priest, and I will stand up in the pulpit, and preach.\" When the king got to the place, there stood a church, and in the pulpit was a priest preaching. So he listened to the sermon, and then went home again.\n\nThen the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"\n\nWhen the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"\n\nSo the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"\n\nWhen he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came. Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.\n\nAnd the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, \"What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well.\" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, \"Yes, do go there.\" When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.\n\nSo they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.\n\nThe king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door.\n\nThe next morning, however, he went at once to his beloved, and told her everything which had happened to him, and prayed her not to be angry with him for having forgotten her. Then the king's daughter opened the third walnut, and within it was a still more magnificent dress, which she put on, and went with her bridegroom to church, and numbers of children came who gave them flowers, and offered them gay ribbons to bind about their feet, and they were blessed by the priest, and had a merry wedding. But the false mother and the bride had to depart. And the mouth of the person who last told all this is still warm.",
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"There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"",
"Then he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"",
"When the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour till it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of St. Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly till at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"",
"Then they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of St. Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife. But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"",
"Then they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of St. Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of St. Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"Now when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"",
"So she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.",
"When the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\" Then they all went away.",
"When the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.",
"When they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.",
"And when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.",
"Then she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\" When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.",
"When it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"",
"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"",
"When the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"",
"So the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"",
"When he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came. Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.",
"And the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, \"What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well.\" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, \"Yes, do go there.\" When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.",
"So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.",
"The king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door."
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"clean_text": "There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"\n\nThen he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"\n\nWhen the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour till it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of St. Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly till at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"\n\nThen they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of St. Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife. But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"\n\nThen they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of St. Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of St. Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"\n\nThen he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.\n\nNow when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"\n\nSo she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.\n\nWhen the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"\n\nThe next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.\n\nThen she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\" Then they all went away.\n\nWhen the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.\n\nWhen they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.\n\nAnd when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.\n\nThen she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\" When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.\n\nWhen it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"\n\nThen the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"\n\nWhen the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"\n\nSo the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"\n\nWhen he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came. Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.\n\nAnd the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, \"What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well.\" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, \"Yes, do go there.\" When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.\n\nSo they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.\n\nThe king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door.",
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"There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"",
"Then he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"",
"When the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour till it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of St. Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly till at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"",
"Then they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of St. Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of St. Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife.",
"But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"",
"Then they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of St. Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of St. Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"Now when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"",
"So she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.",
"When the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\"",
"Then they all went away.",
"When the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.",
"When they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.",
"And when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.",
"Then she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\"",
"When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.",
"When it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"",
"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"",
"When the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"",
"So the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"",
"When he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came.",
"Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.",
"And the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, \"What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well.\" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, \"Yes, do go there.\"",
"When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.",
"So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.",
"The king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught.",
"The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door."
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"There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"",
"Then he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"",
"When the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of Saint Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour until it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of Saint Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly until at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"",
"Then they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of Saint Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of Saint Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife. But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"",
"Then they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of Saint Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of Saint Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"Now when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"",
"So she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.",
"When the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\" Then they all went away.",
"When the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.",
"When they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.",
"And when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.",
"Then she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\" When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.",
"When it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"",
"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"",
"When the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"",
"So the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"",
"When he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came. Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.",
"And the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, \"What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well.\" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, \"Yes, do go there.\" When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.",
"So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.",
"The king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door."
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"speech_safe_text": "There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"\n\nThen he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"\n\nWhen the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of Saint Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour until it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of Saint Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly until at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"\n\nThen they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of Saint Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of Saint Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife. But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"\n\nThen they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of Saint Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of Saint Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"\n\nThen he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.\n\nNow when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"\n\nSo she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.\n\nWhen the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"\n\nThe next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.\n\nThen she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\" Then they all went away.\n\nWhen the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.\n\nWhen they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.\n\nAnd when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.\n\nThen she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\" When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.\n\nWhen it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"\n\nThen the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"\n\nWhen the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"\n\nSo the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"\n\nWhen he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came. 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She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.\n\nThe king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door.",
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"Then he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"",
"When the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of Saint Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour until it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of Saint Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly until at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"",
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"But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"",
"Then they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of Saint Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of Saint Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"Now when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"",
"So she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.",
"When the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\"",
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"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"",
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"Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.",
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"When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.",
"So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.",
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"There was once upon a time a king who had a little boy in whose stars it had been foretold that he should be killed by a stag when he was sixteen years of age, and when he had reached that age the huntsmen once went hunting with him. In the forest, the king's son was separated from the others, and all at once he saw a great stag which he wanted to shoot, but could not hit. At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, \"It is well that I have you. I have already ruined six pairs of glass skates with running after you, and have not been able to reach you.\"",
"Then he took the king's son with him, and dragged him through a great lake to a great palace, and he had to sit down to table with him and eat something. When they had eaten something together the king said, \"I have three daughters, you must keep watch over the eldest for one night, from nine in the evening till six in the morning, and every time the clock strikes, I will come myself and call, and if you then give me no answer, to-morrow morning you shall be put to death, but if you always give me an answer, you shall have her to wife.\"",
"When the young folks went to the bedroom there stood a stone image of Saint Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"My father will come at nine o'clock, and every hour until it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" Then the stone image of Saint Christopher nodded its head quite quickly, and then more and more slowly until at last it again stood still. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business well, but I cannot give my daughter away. You must now watch a night by my second daughter, and then I will consider with myself, whether you can have my eldest daughter to wife, but I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you, answer me, and if I call you and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\"",
"Then they both went into the sleeping-room, and there stood a still larger stone image of Saint Christopher, and the king's daughter said to it, \"If my father calls, answer him.\" Then the great stone image of Saint Christopher again nodded its head quite quickly and then more and more slowly, until at last it stood still again. And the king's son lay down on the threshold, put his hand under his head and slept. The next morning the king said to him, \"You have done the business really well, but I cannot give my daughter away, you must now watch a night by the youngest princess, and then I will consider with myself whether you can have my second daughter to wife.",
"But I shall come every hour myself, and when I call you answer me, and if I call you and you answer not, your blood shall flow for me.\"",
"Then they once more went to the sleeping-room together, and there was a much greater and much taller image of Saint Christopher than the two first had been. The king's daughter said to it, \"When my father calls, answer.\" Then the great tall stone image of Saint Christopher nodded quite half an hour with its head, until at length the head stood still again. And the king's son laid himself down on the threshold of the door and slept. The next morning the king said, \"You have indeed watched well, but I cannot give you my daughter now, I have a great forest, if you cut it down for me between six o'clock this morning and six at night, I will think about it.\"",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"Now when it was noon the king said, \"One of you girls must take him something to eat.\" \"No,\" said the two eldest, \"we will not take it to him, the one by whom he last watched, can take him something.\" Then the youngest was forced to go and take him something to eat. When she got into the forest, she asked him how he was getting on. \"Oh,\" said he, \"I am getting on very badly.\" Then she said he was to come and just eat a little. \"Nay,\" said he, \"I cannot do that, I have to die anyway, so I will eat no more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him just to try, that he came and ate something. When he had eaten something she said, \"I will pick your lice a while, and then you will feel happier.\"",
"So she loused him, and he became weary and fell asleep, and then she took her handkerchief and made a knot in it, and struck it three times on the earth, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment, numbers of little earth-men came forth, and asked what the king's daughter commanded. Then said she, \"In three hours, time the great forest must be cut down, and all the wood laid in heaps.\" So the little earth-men went about and got together the whole of their kindred to help them with the work. They began at once, and when the three hours were over, all was done, and they came back to the king's daughter and told her so. Then she took her white handkerchief again and said, \"Earth-workers, go home.\" At this they all disappeared.",
"When the king's son awoke, he was delighted, and she said, \"Come home when it has struck six o'clock.\" He did as she told him, and then the king asked, \"Have you made away with the forest?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they were sitting at table, the king said, \"I cannot yet give you my daughter to wife, you must still do something more for her sake.\" So he asked what it was to be. \"I have a great fish-pond,\" said the king. \"You must go to it to-morrow morning and clear it of all mud until it is as bright as a mirror, and fill it with every kind of fish.\"",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she loused him again, and he fell asleep, so once more she took her handkerchief, tied a knot in it, and struck the ground thrice with the knot, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" In a moment a great many little earth-men came and asked what she desired, and she told them that in three hours, time, they must have the fish-pond entirely cleaned out, and it must be so clear that people could see themselves reflected in it, and every kind of fish must be in it. The little earth-men went away and summoned all their kindred to help them, and in two hours it was done. Then they returned to her and said, \"We have done as you have commanded.\" The king's daughter took the handkerchief and once more struck thrice on the ground with it, and said, \"earth-workers, go home again.\"",
"Then they all went away.",
"When the king's son awoke the fish-pond was done. Then the king's daughter went away also, and told him that when it was six he was to come to the house. When he arrived at the house the king asked, \"Have you got the fish-pond done?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. That was very good.",
"When they were again sitting at table the king said, \"You have certainly done the fish-pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet, you must just do one thing more.\" \"What is that, then?\" asked the king's son. The king said he had a great mountain on which there was nothing but briars which must all be cut down, and at the top of it the youth must build a great castle, which must be as strong as could be conceived, and all the furniture and fittings belonging to a castle must be inside it.",
"And when he arose next morning the king gave him a glass axe and a glass gimlet, and he was to have all done by six o'clock. As he was cutting down the first briar with the axe, it broke off short, and so small that the pieces flew all round about, and he could not use the gimlet either. Then he was quite miserable, and waited for his dearest to see if she would not come and help him in his need. When it was mid-day she came and brought him something to eat. He went to meet her and told her all, and ate something, and let her louse him and fell asleep.",
"Then she once more took the knot and struck the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, come forth.\" Then came once again numbers of earth-men, and asked what her desire was. Then said she, \"In the space of three hours you must cut down the whole of the briars, and a castle must be built on the top of the mountain that must be as strong as any one could conceive, and all the furniture that pertains to a castle must be inside it.\" They went away, and summoned their kindred to help them and when the time was come, all was ready. Then they came to the king's daughter and told her so, and the king's daughter took her handkerchief and struck thrice on the earth with it, and said, \"Earth-workers, go home, on which they all disappeared.\"",
"When therefore the king's son awoke and saw everything done, he was as happy as a bird in air.",
"When it had struck six, they went home together. Then said the king, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the king's son. When they sat down to table, the king said, \"I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married.\" Then the king's son and the king's daughter were quite troubled, and the king's son had no idea what to do. But he went by night to the king's daughter and ran away with her. When they had got a little distance away, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her father behind her. \"Oh,\" said she, \"what are we to do? My father is behind us, and will take us back with him. I will at once change you into a briar, and myself into a rose, and I will shelter myself in the midst of the bush.\"",
"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him, and he said, \"Nay, I ran a long time after her, and just as I thought I should soon overtake her, a church was standing there and a priest was in the pulpit preaching.\" \"You should just have brought the priest,\" said his wife, \"and then the church would soon have come. It is no use to send you, I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for some time, and could see the two in the distance, the king's daughter peeped round and saw her mother coming, and said, \"Now we are undone, for my mother is coming herself, I will immediately change you into a fish-pond and myself into a fish.\"",
"When the mother came to the place, there was a large fish-pond, and in the midst of it a fish was leaping about and peeping out of the water, and it was quite merry. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. Then she was very angry, and drank up the whole pond in order to catch the fish, but it made her so ill that she was forced to vomit, and vomited the whole pond out again. Then she cried, \"I see very well that nothing can be done now, and asked them to come back to her.\" Then the king's daughter went back again, and the queen gave her daughter three walnuts, and said, \"With these you can help yourself when you are in your greatest need.\"",
"So the young folks once more went away together. And when they had walked quite ten miles, they arrived at the castle from whence the king's son came, and near it was a village. When they reached it, the king's son said, \"Stay here, my dearest, I will just go to the castle, and then will I come with a carriage and with attendants to fetch you.\"",
"When he got to the castle they all rejoiced greatly at having the king's son back again, and he told them he had a bride who was now in the village, and they must go with the carriage to fetch her. Then they harnessed the horses at once, and many attendants seated themselves outside the carriage. When the king's son was about to get in, his mother gave him a kiss, and he forgot everything which had happened, and also what he was about to do. At this his mother ordered the horses to be taken out of the carriage again, and everyone went back into the house. But the maiden sat in the village and watched and watched, and thought he would come and fetch her, but no one came.",
"Then the king's daughter took service in the mill which belonged to the castle, and was obliged to sit by the pond every afternoon and clean the tubs.",
"And the queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, \"What a fine strong girl that is. She pleases me well.\" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, \"Yes, do go there.\"",
"When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there.",
"So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this. Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the king's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, \"Yes,\" she was willing to do that. But the servants were ordered to give the king's son a sleeping draught, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly.",
"The king's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the king's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping draught.",
"The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the king's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the king's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door."
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"child_friendly_title": "The Two Kings' Children",
"child_friendly_body": [
"Once upon a time, there was a king who had a little boy. A wise person told the king that a special star had foretold that the boy would meet a deer when he was sixteen. One day, when the boy was that age, he went hunting with his friends in the big forest. The boy walked away from the others and saw a beautiful deer. He tried to shoot it, but he missed. He ran after the deer until they left the trees behind. Then, a tall, kind man appeared instead of the deer. The man smiled and said, \"It is good to see you. I ran a long way to catch you, and I even wore out my glass skates!",
"Then he took the king's son with him and dragged him through a deep lake to a big palace. They had to sit down and eat a meal together. When they finished eating, the king said, \"I have three daughters. You must watch over the oldest one for one night. You must stay awake from nine in the evening until six in the morning. Every time the clock strikes, I will come to check on you. If you do not answer me, you will be in danger tomorrow morning. But if you always answer me, you will get her to be your wife.",
"When the children went to the bedroom, they saw a stone statue of Saint Christopher. The king's daughter spoke to it softly. \"My father will come at nine o'clock,\" she said. \"Every hour until it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" The stone statue nodded its head quite quickly. Then it nodded more and more slowly until it stood still again. The next morning, the king looked at him and said, \"You did a good job, but I cannot give my daughter to you. You must watch over my second daughter tonight. Then I will think about it. I will come every hour, and when I call, you must answer. If I call and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.",
"Then they both went into the bedroom. There stood a big stone statue of Saint Christopher. The king's daughter spoke to it softly. \"If my father calls, please answer him.\" The big stone statue nodded its head very quickly. Then it nodded more and more slowly. At last, it stood still again. The king's son lay down on the floor. He put his hand under his head and fell fast asleep.\n\nThe next morning, the king spoke to him. \"You have done a wonderful job. But I cannot give my daughter away. You must watch over the youngest princess tonight. Then I will think about it and decide if you can marry my second daughter.",
"But I will come back every single hour. When I call your name, you must answer me. If I call and you do not answer, I will be very sad.",
"Then they went back to the bedroom together. There was a very big and tall statue of Saint Christopher there. The king's daughter spoke to it. \"When my father calls, answer.\" The tall stone statue nodded its head for a long time. It nodded for half an hour. Then it stopped moving. The king's son lay down on the floor by the door and fell fast asleep.\n\nThe next morning, the king said, \"You have watched well. But I cannot give you my daughter yet. I have a big forest. If you cut it all down between six in the morning and six at night, I will think about it.",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"At noon, the King said, \"One of you girls must take him some food.\" \"No,\" said the two older girls. \"We will not take it. The one he looked at last can take it.\" So the youngest girl had to go and bring him food. When she got to the forest, she asked him how he was doing. \"Oh,\" he said, \"I am doing very badly.\" Then she told him to come and just eat a little bit. \"No,\" he said, \"I cannot do that. I have to go to sleep anyway, so I will not eat more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him to just try, so he came and ate something. When he had eaten, she said, \"I will pick the bugs off you for a while, and then you will feel much happier.",
"So she gave him a gentle hug, and he felt very sleepy and soon fell fast asleep. Then she took her soft handkerchief and tied a special knot in it. She tapped the ground three times and said, \"Little helpers, come out!\" In a flash, many tiny earth-men appeared and asked what she needed. She told them, \"In three hours, we must cut down the big forest and stack all the wood.\" The little men went to work right away. They called all their friends to help, and when the three hours were up, the job was finished. They came back to the princess and told her the good news. She waved her white handkerchief again and said, \"Little helpers, go home now.\" With that, they all vanished into the ground.",
"When the prince woke up, he was so happy. The fairy said, \"Please come home when the clock strikes six.\" He did exactly what she asked. Then the king asked, \"Did you make the forest disappear?\" \"Yes,\" said the prince. When they sat down to eat, the king said, \"I cannot give you my daughter yet. You must do one more thing for her.\" He told the prince what to do. \"I have a big fish pond,\" said the king. \"You must go there tomorrow morning. You need to clean all the mud out of it until it shines like a mirror. Then, you must fill it with all kinds of fish.",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she rubbed his eyes again, and he fell fast asleep. So, she took her soft handkerchief, tied a special knot in it, and tapped the ground three times. She called out softly, \"Little earth-workers, please come out.\" In a flash, many tiny helpers appeared and asked what she needed. She told them that in just three hours, they must clean the fish pond until it was sparkling clear. She said every kind of fish must swim happily inside. The little helpers went away to call their friends, and in just two hours, the work was finished. They came back to her and said, \"We have done exactly what you asked.\" The princess took her handkerchief and tapped the ground three times again. She said, \"Little earth-workers, it is time to go home now.",
"Then they all went away.",
"When the prince woke up, the fish pond was finished. Then the princess went away too. She told him to come back when it was six o'clock. When he arrived at the house, the king asked, \"Did you finish the pond?\" \"Yes,\" said the prince. That was very good.",
"When they sat down to eat again, the king said, \"You did a great job with the pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet. You must do one more thing first.\" \"What is that?\" asked the king's son. The king explained that he had a huge mountain covered in sharp thorns. The boy had to cut them all down. Then, at the very top, he had to build a big, strong castle. Inside, there had to be everything a castle needed, like beds and tables.",
"The next morning, the King gave him a glass axe and a glass drill. He had to finish everything by six o'clock. As he cut down the first bush with the axe, it snapped off right away. The pieces flew everywhere, and he could not use the drill at all. He felt very sad and lonely. He waited for his dearest friend to see if she would come and help him. At noon, she arrived with some food. He ran to meet her and told her everything. He ate a little bit, and she helped him clean up. Then, he felt sleepy and fell fast asleep.",
"Then she took the magic knot again and tapped the ground. She called out, \"Earth-friends, please come out.\" Once more, many helpers appeared. They asked what she needed. She said, \"In just three hours, you must cut all the thorny bushes. You must build a castle on the mountain. It has to be very strong. It needs to have all the furniture inside, just like a real home.\" The helpers went away to get their families. When the time was up, everything was ready. They went to the princess and told her. She took her soft handkerchief and tapped the ground three times. She said, \"Earth-friends, go home now.\" With that, they all vanished.",
"When the prince woke up and saw that everything was ready, he was as happy as a bird flying in the sky.",
"When it was six o'clock, they went home together. Then the King asked, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the King's son. When they sat down to eat, the King said, \"I cannot give my youngest daughter away until my two older daughters are married.\" The King's son and the King's daughter felt very worried. The King's son did not know what to do. But at night, he went to the King's daughter and they ran away together. When they had gone a little way, the King's daughter looked back and saw her father following them. \"Oh no,\" she said, \"What are we going to do? My father is behind us, and he will take us back home. I will turn you into a briar bush, and I will turn myself into a rose, and I will hide safely in the middle of the bush.",
"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him. He said, \"No, I ran a long time after her. Just as I thought I would catch her, a church was there and a priest was preaching.\" \"You should have brought the priest,\" said his wife. \"Then the church would have come right away. It is no use to send you. I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for a while and could see them in the distance, the king's daughter peeked around and saw her mother coming. She said, \"Now we are in trouble, for my mother is coming herself. I will change you into a fish pond and myself into a fish right now.",
"When the mother came to the place, there was a big pond. A fish was jumping and playing in the water. It looked so happy. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. She got very angry. She drank all the water to get the fish, but she felt sick. She had to spit it all out. Then she cried, \"I see that I cannot do this now. Please come back to me.\" The princess went back home. The queen gave her three walnuts and said, \"Keep these safe. You can use them when you are in trouble.",
"So the young couple went away together again. After walking for ten miles, they reached the castle where the prince lived. A little village was right next to it. When they arrived, the prince said, \"Stay here, my love. I will just go to the castle. Then I will come back with a big carriage and friends to bring you home.",
"When he arrived at the castle, everyone was so happy to see the prince again. He told them he had a beautiful bride waiting in the village, and they needed to go get her in the carriage. They quickly harnessed the horses and got in. Just as the prince was about to climb inside, his mother gave him a big kiss. It made him feel so warm and happy that he forgot all about the plan. His mother saw this and told them to unharness the horses and go back inside. But the sweet girl stayed in the village and waited and waited. She thought he would come to get her, but no one ever came.",
"Then the princess went to work at the mill near the castle. Every afternoon, she had to sit by the pond and scrub the big wooden tubs clean.",
"One day the Queen walked to the pond. She saw a lovely girl sitting there. The Queen smiled and said, \"What a strong and pretty girl she is.\" She looked at the girl, but no one knew who she was. The girl worked for the Miller and was very kind. While she worked, the Queen looked for a wife for her son. The son came from far away. Soon, a bride arrived. Everyone was happy and hurried to see the wedding. The girl asked the Miller if she could go too. The Miller smiled and said, \"Yes, please go.",
"When she was about to leave, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on and went into the church to stand by the altar. Suddenly, the bride and groom arrived and sat down in front of the priest. Just as he was about to bless them, the bride peeked around and saw the girl standing there. She stood up again and said she would not be married until she had a dress as pretty as the one the girl was wearing.",
"So they went back to the house again and asked the lady if she would sell the dress. She said no, but the bride might earn it. The bride asked how she could do that. The maiden said if she could sleep one night outside the prince's door, the bride could have the dress. The bride agreed to do it.\n\nBut the servants gave the prince a sleepy potion. Then the maiden lay down on the step and cried all night long. She had cut down the forest for him. She had cleaned the pond for him. She had built the castle for him. She had turned him into a briar bush, then into a church, and finally into a pond. Yet, he had forgotten her so quickly.",
"The prince did not hear a single word of what they said. But the servants had woken up and listened. They did not understand what it meant. The next morning, everyone was up and ready. The bride put on her dress and walked to the church with the groom. While they were gone, the girl opened the second walnut. Inside was an even more beautiful dress. She put it on and went to stand by the altar. Everything happened just like it had the first time. That night, the girl lay on the step that led to the prince's room. The servant was there again to give him a sleeping potion.",
"The servant brought him a sweet drink to keep him awake. Then the prince went to sleep. The miller’s daughter cried on the door step again. She told him all the hard things she had done. The prince heard her. He felt very sad and worried. He wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door tight."
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"child_friendly_text": "Once upon a time, there was a king who had a little boy. A wise person told the king that a special star had foretold that the boy would meet a deer when he was sixteen. One day, when the boy was that age, he went hunting with his friends in the big forest. The boy walked away from the others and saw a beautiful deer. He tried to shoot it, but he missed. He ran after the deer until they left the trees behind. Then, a tall, kind man appeared instead of the deer. The man smiled and said, \"It is good to see you. I ran a long way to catch you, and I even wore out my glass skates!\n\nThen he took the king's son with him and dragged him through a deep lake to a big palace. They had to sit down and eat a meal together. When they finished eating, the king said, \"I have three daughters. You must watch over the oldest one for one night. You must stay awake from nine in the evening until six in the morning. Every time the clock strikes, I will come to check on you. If you do not answer me, you will be in danger tomorrow morning. But if you always answer me, you will get her to be your wife.\n\nWhen the children went to the bedroom, they saw a stone statue of Saint Christopher. The king's daughter spoke to it softly. \"My father will come at nine o'clock,\" she said. \"Every hour until it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" The stone statue nodded its head quite quickly. Then it nodded more and more slowly until it stood still again. The next morning, the king looked at him and said, \"You did a good job, but I cannot give my daughter to you. You must watch over my second daughter tonight. Then I will think about it. I will come every hour, and when I call, you must answer. If I call and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.\n\nThen they both went into the bedroom. There stood a big stone statue of Saint Christopher. The king's daughter spoke to it softly. \"If my father calls, please answer him.\" The big stone statue nodded its head very quickly. Then it nodded more and more slowly. At last, it stood still again. The king's son lay down on the floor. He put his hand under his head and fell fast asleep.\n\nThe next morning, the king spoke to him. \"You have done a wonderful job. But I cannot give my daughter away. You must watch over the youngest princess tonight. Then I will think about it and decide if you can marry my second daughter.\n\nBut I will come back every single hour. When I call your name, you must answer me. If I call and you do not answer, I will be very sad.\n\nThen they went back to the bedroom together. There was a very big and tall statue of Saint Christopher there. The king's daughter spoke to it. \"When my father calls, answer.\" The tall stone statue nodded its head for a long time. It nodded for half an hour. Then it stopped moving. The king's son lay down on the floor by the door and fell fast asleep.\n\nThe next morning, the king said, \"You have watched well. But I cannot give you my daughter yet. I have a big forest. If you cut it all down between six in the morning and six at night, I will think about it.\n\nThen he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.\n\nAt noon, the King said, \"One of you girls must take him some food.\" \"No,\" said the two older girls. \"We will not take it. The one he looked at last can take it.\" So the youngest girl had to go and bring him food. When she got to the forest, she asked him how he was doing. \"Oh,\" he said, \"I am doing very badly.\" Then she told him to come and just eat a little bit. \"No,\" he said, \"I cannot do that. I have to go to sleep anyway, so I will not eat more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him to just try, so he came and ate something. When he had eaten, she said, \"I will pick the bugs off you for a while, and then you will feel much happier.\n\nSo she gave him a gentle hug, and he felt very sleepy and soon fell fast asleep. Then she took her soft handkerchief and tied a special knot in it. She tapped the ground three times and said, \"Little helpers, come out!\" In a flash, many tiny earth-men appeared and asked what she needed. She told them, \"In three hours, we must cut down the big forest and stack all the wood.\" The little men went to work right away. They called all their friends to help, and when the three hours were up, the job was finished. They came back to the princess and told her the good news. She waved her white handkerchief again and said, \"Little helpers, go home now.\" With that, they all vanished into the ground.\n\nWhen the prince woke up, he was so happy. The fairy said, \"Please come home when the clock strikes six.\" He did exactly what she asked. Then the king asked, \"Did you make the forest disappear?\" \"Yes,\" said the prince. When they sat down to eat, the king said, \"I cannot give you my daughter yet. You must do one more thing for her.\" He told the prince what to do. \"I have a big fish pond,\" said the king. \"You must go there tomorrow morning. You need to clean all the mud out of it until it shines like a mirror. Then, you must fill it with all kinds of fish.\n\nThe next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.\n\nThen she rubbed his eyes again, and he fell fast asleep. So, she took her soft handkerchief, tied a special knot in it, and tapped the ground three times. She called out softly, \"Little earth-workers, please come out.\" In a flash, many tiny helpers appeared and asked what she needed. She told them that in just three hours, they must clean the fish pond until it was sparkling clear. She said every kind of fish must swim happily inside. The little helpers went away to call their friends, and in just two hours, the work was finished. They came back to her and said, \"We have done exactly what you asked.\" The princess took her handkerchief and tapped the ground three times again. She said, \"Little earth-workers, it is time to go home now.\n\nThen they all went away.\n\nWhen the prince woke up, the fish pond was finished. Then the princess went away too. She told him to come back when it was six o'clock. When he arrived at the house, the king asked, \"Did you finish the pond?\" \"Yes,\" said the prince. That was very good.\n\nWhen they sat down to eat again, the king said, \"You did a great job with the pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet. You must do one more thing first.\" \"What is that?\" asked the king's son. The king explained that he had a huge mountain covered in sharp thorns. The boy had to cut them all down. Then, at the very top, he had to build a big, strong castle. Inside, there had to be everything a castle needed, like beds and tables.\n\nThe next morning, the King gave him a glass axe and a glass drill. He had to finish everything by six o'clock. As he cut down the first bush with the axe, it snapped off right away. The pieces flew everywhere, and he could not use the drill at all. He felt very sad and lonely. He waited for his dearest friend to see if she would come and help him. At noon, she arrived with some food. He ran to meet her and told her everything. He ate a little bit, and she helped him clean up. Then, he felt sleepy and fell fast asleep.\n\nThen she took the magic knot again and tapped the ground. She called out, \"Earth-friends, please come out.\" Once more, many helpers appeared. They asked what she needed. She said, \"In just three hours, you must cut all the thorny bushes. You must build a castle on the mountain. It has to be very strong. It needs to have all the furniture inside, just like a real home.\" The helpers went away to get their families. When the time was up, everything was ready. They went to the princess and told her. She took her soft handkerchief and tapped the ground three times. She said, \"Earth-friends, go home now.\" With that, they all vanished.\n\nWhen the prince woke up and saw that everything was ready, he was as happy as a bird flying in the sky.\n\nWhen it was six o'clock, they went home together. Then the King asked, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the King's son. When they sat down to eat, the King said, \"I cannot give my youngest daughter away until my two older daughters are married.\" The King's son and the King's daughter felt very worried. The King's son did not know what to do. But at night, he went to the King's daughter and they ran away together. When they had gone a little way, the King's daughter looked back and saw her father following them. \"Oh no,\" she said, \"What are we going to do? My father is behind us, and he will take us back home. I will turn you into a briar bush, and I will turn myself into a rose, and I will hide safely in the middle of the bush.\n\nThen the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him. He said, \"No, I ran a long time after her. Just as I thought I would catch her, a church was there and a priest was preaching.\" \"You should have brought the priest,\" said his wife. \"Then the church would have come right away. It is no use to send you. I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for a while and could see them in the distance, the king's daughter peeked around and saw her mother coming. She said, \"Now we are in trouble, for my mother is coming herself. I will change you into a fish pond and myself into a fish right now.\n\nWhen the mother came to the place, there was a big pond. A fish was jumping and playing in the water. It looked so happy. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. She got very angry. She drank all the water to get the fish, but she felt sick. She had to spit it all out. Then she cried, \"I see that I cannot do this now. Please come back to me.\" The princess went back home. The queen gave her three walnuts and said, \"Keep these safe. You can use them when you are in trouble.\n\nSo the young couple went away together again. After walking for ten miles, they reached the castle where the prince lived. A little village was right next to it. When they arrived, the prince said, \"Stay here, my love. I will just go to the castle. Then I will come back with a big carriage and friends to bring you home.\n\nWhen he arrived at the castle, everyone was so happy to see the prince again. He told them he had a beautiful bride waiting in the village, and they needed to go get her in the carriage. They quickly harnessed the horses and got in. Just as the prince was about to climb inside, his mother gave him a big kiss. It made him feel so warm and happy that he forgot all about the plan. His mother saw this and told them to unharness the horses and go back inside. But the sweet girl stayed in the village and waited and waited. She thought he would come to get her, but no one ever came.\n\nThen the princess went to work at the mill near the castle. Every afternoon, she had to sit by the pond and scrub the big wooden tubs clean.\n\nOne day the Queen walked to the pond. She saw a lovely girl sitting there. The Queen smiled and said, \"What a strong and pretty girl she is.\" She looked at the girl, but no one knew who she was. The girl worked for the Miller and was very kind. While she worked, the Queen looked for a wife for her son. The son came from far away. Soon, a bride arrived. Everyone was happy and hurried to see the wedding. The girl asked the Miller if she could go too. The Miller smiled and said, \"Yes, please go.\n\nWhen she was about to leave, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on and went into the church to stand by the altar. Suddenly, the bride and groom arrived and sat down in front of the priest. Just as he was about to bless them, the bride peeked around and saw the girl standing there. She stood up again and said she would not be married until she had a dress as pretty as the one the girl was wearing.\n\nSo they went back to the house again and asked the lady if she would sell the dress. She said no, but the bride might earn it. The bride asked how she could do that. The maiden said if she could sleep one night outside the prince's door, the bride could have the dress. The bride agreed to do it.\n\nBut the servants gave the prince a sleepy potion. Then the maiden lay down on the step and cried all night long. She had cut down the forest for him. She had cleaned the pond for him. She had built the castle for him. She had turned him into a briar bush, then into a church, and finally into a pond. Yet, he had forgotten her so quickly.\n\nThe prince did not hear a single word of what they said. But the servants had woken up and listened. They did not understand what it meant. The next morning, everyone was up and ready. The bride put on her dress and walked to the church with the groom. While they were gone, the girl opened the second walnut. Inside was an even more beautiful dress. She put it on and went to stand by the altar. Everything happened just like it had the first time. That night, the girl lay on the step that led to the prince's room. The servant was there again to give him a sleeping potion.\n\nThe servant brought him a sweet drink to keep him awake. Then the prince went to sleep. The miller’s daughter cried on the door step again. She told him all the hard things she had done. The prince heard her. He felt very sad and worried. He wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door tight.",
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"Once upon a time, there was a king who had a little boy. A wise person told the king that a special star had foretold that the boy would meet a deer when he was sixteen. One day, when the boy was that age, he went hunting with his friends in the big forest. The boy walked away from the others and saw a beautiful deer. He tried to shoot it, but he missed. He ran after the deer until they left the trees behind. Then, a tall, kind man appeared instead of the deer. The man smiled and said, \"It is good to see you. I ran a long way to catch you, and I even wore out my glass skates!",
"Then he took the king's son with him and dragged him through a deep lake to a big palace. They had to sit down and eat a meal together. When they finished eating, the king said, \"I have three daughters. You must watch over the oldest one for one night. You must stay awake from nine in the evening until six in the morning. Every time the clock strikes, I will come to check on you. If you do not answer me, you will be in danger tomorrow morning. But if you always answer me, you will get her to be your wife.",
"When the children went to the bedroom, they saw a stone statue of Saint Christopher. The king's daughter spoke to it softly. \"My father will come at nine o'clock,\" she said. \"Every hour until it strikes three, when he calls, give him an answer instead of the king's son.\" The stone statue nodded its head quite quickly. Then it nodded more and more slowly until it stood still again. The next morning, the king looked at him and said, \"You did a good job, but I cannot give my daughter to you. You must watch over my second daughter tonight. Then I will think about it. I will come every hour, and when I call, you must answer. If I call and you do not reply, your blood shall flow.",
"Then they both went into the bedroom. There stood a big stone statue of Saint Christopher. The king's daughter spoke to it softly. \"If my father calls, please answer him.\" The big stone statue nodded its head very quickly. Then it nodded more and more slowly. At last, it stood still again. The king's son lay down on the floor. He put his hand under his head and fell fast asleep.\n\nThe next morning, the king spoke to him. \"You have done a wonderful job. But I cannot give my daughter away. You must watch over the youngest princess tonight. Then I will think about it and decide if you can marry my second daughter.",
"But I will come back every single hour. When I call your name, you must answer me. If I call and you do not answer, I will be very sad.",
"Then they went back to the bedroom together. There was a very big and tall statue of Saint Christopher there. The king's daughter spoke to it. \"When my father calls, answer.\" The tall stone statue nodded its head for a long time. It nodded for half an hour. Then it stopped moving. The king's son lay down on the floor by the door and fell fast asleep.\n\nThe next morning, the king said, \"You have watched well. But I cannot give you my daughter yet. I have a big forest. If you cut it all down between six in the morning and six at night, I will think about it.",
"Then he gave him a glass axe, a glass wedge, and a glass mallet. When he got into the wood, he began at once to cut, but the axe broke in two. Then he took the wedge, and struck it once with the mallet, and it became as short and as small as sand. Then he was much troubled and believed he would have to die, and sat down and wept.",
"At noon, the King said, \"One of you girls must take him some food.\" \"No,\" said the two older girls. \"We will not take it. The one he looked at last can take it.\" So the youngest girl had to go and bring him food. When she got to the forest, she asked him how he was doing. \"Oh,\" he said, \"I am doing very badly.\" Then she told him to come and just eat a little bit. \"No,\" he said, \"I cannot do that. I have to go to sleep anyway, so I will not eat more.\" Then she spoke so kindly to him and begged him to just try, so he came and ate something. When he had eaten, she said, \"I will pick the bugs off you for a while, and then you will feel much happier.",
"So she gave him a gentle hug, and he felt very sleepy and soon fell fast asleep. Then she took her soft handkerchief and tied a special knot in it. She tapped the ground three times and said, \"Little helpers, come out!\" In a flash, many tiny earth-men appeared and asked what she needed. She told them, \"In three hours, we must cut down the big forest and stack all the wood.\" The little men went to work right away. They called all their friends to help, and when the three hours were up, the job was finished. They came back to the princess and told her the good news. She waved her white handkerchief again and said, \"Little helpers, go home now.\" With that, they all vanished into the ground.",
"When the prince woke up, he was so happy. The fairy said, \"Please come home when the clock strikes six.\" He did exactly what she asked. Then the king asked, \"Did you make the forest disappear?\" \"Yes,\" said the prince. When they sat down to eat, the king said, \"I cannot give you my daughter yet. You must do one more thing for her.\" He told the prince what to do. \"I have a big fish pond,\" said the king. \"You must go there tomorrow morning. You need to clean all the mud out of it until it shines like a mirror. Then, you must fill it with all kinds of fish.",
"The next morning the king gave him a glass shovel and said, \"The fish-pond must be done by six o'clock.\" So he went away, and when he came to the fish-pond he stuck his shovel in the mud and it broke in two. Then he stuck his hoe in the mud, and it broke also. Then he was much troubled. At noon the youngest daughter brought him something to eat, and asked him how he was getting on. So the king's son said everything was going very ill with him, and he would certainly have to lose his head. \"My tools have broken to pieces again.\" \"Oh,\" said she, \"you must just come and eat something, and then you will be in another frame of mind.\" \"No,\" said he, \"I cannot eat, I am far too unhappy for that.\" Then she gave him many good words until at last he came and ate something.",
"Then she rubbed his eyes again, and he fell fast asleep. So, she took her soft handkerchief, tied a special knot in it, and tapped the ground three times. She called out softly, \"Little earth-workers, please come out.\" In a flash, many tiny helpers appeared and asked what she needed. She told them that in just three hours, they must clean the fish pond until it was sparkling clear. She said every kind of fish must swim happily inside. The little helpers went away to call their friends, and in just two hours, the work was finished. They came back to her and said, \"We have done exactly what you asked.\" The princess took her handkerchief and tapped the ground three times again. She said, \"Little earth-workers, it is time to go home now.",
"Then they all went away.",
"When the prince woke up, the fish pond was finished. Then the princess went away too. She told him to come back when it was six o'clock. When he arrived at the house, the king asked, \"Did you finish the pond?\" \"Yes,\" said the prince. That was very good.",
"When they sat down to eat again, the king said, \"You did a great job with the pond, but I cannot give you my daughter yet. You must do one more thing first.\" \"What is that?\" asked the king's son. The king explained that he had a huge mountain covered in sharp thorns. The boy had to cut them all down. Then, at the very top, he had to build a big, strong castle. Inside, there had to be everything a castle needed, like beds and tables.",
"The next morning, the King gave him a glass axe and a glass drill. He had to finish everything by six o'clock. As he cut down the first bush with the axe, it snapped off right away. The pieces flew everywhere, and he could not use the drill at all. He felt very sad and lonely. He waited for his dearest friend to see if she would come and help him. At noon, she arrived with some food. He ran to meet her and told her everything. He ate a little bit, and she helped him clean up. Then, he felt sleepy and fell fast asleep.",
"Then she took the magic knot again and tapped the ground. She called out, \"Earth-friends, please come out.\" Once more, many helpers appeared. They asked what she needed. She said, \"In just three hours, you must cut all the thorny bushes. You must build a castle on the mountain. It has to be very strong. It needs to have all the furniture inside, just like a real home.\" The helpers went away to get their families. When the time was up, everything was ready. They went to the princess and told her. She took her soft handkerchief and tapped the ground three times. She said, \"Earth-friends, go home now.\" With that, they all vanished.",
"When the prince woke up and saw that everything was ready, he was as happy as a bird flying in the sky.",
"When it was six o'clock, they went home together. Then the King asked, \"Is the castle ready?\" \"Yes,\" said the King's son. When they sat down to eat, the King said, \"I cannot give my youngest daughter away until my two older daughters are married.\" The King's son and the King's daughter felt very worried. The King's son did not know what to do. But at night, he went to the King's daughter and they ran away together. When they had gone a little way, the King's daughter looked back and saw her father following them. \"Oh no,\" she said, \"What are we going to do? My father is behind us, and he will take us back home. I will turn you into a briar bush, and I will turn myself into a rose, and I will hide safely in the middle of the bush.",
"Then the queen asked why he had not brought their daughter with him. He said, \"No, I ran a long time after her. Just as I thought I would catch her, a church was there and a priest was preaching.\" \"You should have brought the priest,\" said his wife. \"Then the church would have come right away. It is no use to send you. I must go there myself.\" When she had walked for a while and could see them in the distance, the king's daughter peeked around and saw her mother coming. She said, \"Now we are in trouble, for my mother is coming herself. I will change you into a fish pond and myself into a fish right now.",
"When the mother came to the place, there was a big pond. A fish was jumping and playing in the water. It looked so happy. She wanted to catch the fish, but she could not. She got very angry. She drank all the water to get the fish, but she felt sick. She had to spit it all out. Then she cried, \"I see that I cannot do this now. Please come back to me.\" The princess went back home. The queen gave her three walnuts and said, \"Keep these safe. You can use them when you are in trouble.",
"So the young couple went away together again. After walking for ten miles, they reached the castle where the prince lived. A little village was right next to it. When they arrived, the prince said, \"Stay here, my love. I will just go to the castle. Then I will come back with a big carriage and friends to bring you home.",
"When he arrived at the castle, everyone was so happy to see the prince again. He told them he had a beautiful bride waiting in the village, and they needed to go get her in the carriage. They quickly harnessed the horses and got in. Just as the prince was about to climb inside, his mother gave him a big kiss. It made him feel so warm and happy that he forgot all about the plan. His mother saw this and told them to unharness the horses and go back inside. But the sweet girl stayed in the village and waited and waited. She thought he would come to get her, but no one ever came.",
"Then the princess went to work at the mill near the castle. Every afternoon, she had to sit by the pond and scrub the big wooden tubs clean.",
"One day the Queen walked to the pond. She saw a lovely girl sitting there. The Queen smiled and said, \"What a strong and pretty girl she is.\" She looked at the girl, but no one knew who she was. The girl worked for the Miller and was very kind. While she worked, the Queen looked for a wife for her son. The son came from far away. Soon, a bride arrived. Everyone was happy and hurried to see the wedding. The girl asked the Miller if she could go too. The Miller smiled and said, \"Yes, please go.",
"When she was about to leave, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on and went into the church to stand by the altar. Suddenly, the bride and groom arrived and sat down in front of the priest. Just as he was about to bless them, the bride peeked around and saw the girl standing there. She stood up again and said she would not be married until she had a dress as pretty as the one the girl was wearing.",
"So they went back to the house again and asked the lady if she would sell the dress. She said no, but the bride might earn it. The bride asked how she could do that. The maiden said if she could sleep one night outside the prince's door, the bride could have the dress. The bride agreed to do it.\n\nBut the servants gave the prince a sleepy potion. Then the maiden lay down on the step and cried all night long. She had cut down the forest for him. She had cleaned the pond for him. She had built the castle for him. She had turned him into a briar bush, then into a church, and finally into a pond. Yet, he had forgotten her so quickly.",
"The prince did not hear a single word of what they said. But the servants had woken up and listened. They did not understand what it meant. The next morning, everyone was up and ready. The bride put on her dress and walked to the church with the groom. While they were gone, the girl opened the second walnut. Inside was an even more beautiful dress. She put it on and went to stand by the altar. Everything happened just like it had the first time. That night, the girl lay on the step that led to the prince's room. The servant was there again to give him a sleeping potion.",
"The servant brought him a sweet drink to keep him awake. Then the prince went to sleep. The miller’s daughter cried on the door step again. She told him all the hard things she had done. The prince heard her. He felt very sad and worried. He wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door tight."
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