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"There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.",
"He was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye. Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself. \"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.",
"Next morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"",
"He then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\" She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.",
"He entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"",
"So he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them. Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.",
"Now, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.",
"Then the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens. Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.",
"Four legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun. I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"",
"When the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.",
"Presently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.",
"Meantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I don't know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.",
"After the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I don't want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\" The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.",
"After a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\" But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death."
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"body_text": "There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.\n\nHe was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye. Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself. \"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.\n\nNext morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"\n\nHe then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\" She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.\n\nHe entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"\n\nSo he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.\n\nThen the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them. Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.\n\nNow, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.\n\nBut when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.\n\nThen the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens. Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.\n\nThen the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.\n\nFour legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.\n\nThen the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun. I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"\n\nWhen the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.\n\nPresently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.\n\nMeantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I don't know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.\n\nAfter the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I don't want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\" The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.\n\nAfter a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\" But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death.",
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"There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.",
"He was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye. Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself. \"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.",
"Next morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"",
"He then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\" She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.",
"He entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"",
"So he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them. Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.",
"Now, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.",
"Then the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens. Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.",
"Four legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun. I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"",
"When the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.",
"Presently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.",
"Meantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I don't know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.",
"After the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I don't want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\" The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.",
"After a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\" But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death."
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"clean_text": "There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.\n\nHe was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye. Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself. \"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.\n\nNext morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"\n\nHe then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\" She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.\n\nHe entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"\n\nSo he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.\n\nThen the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them. Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.\n\nNow, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.\n\nBut when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.\n\nThen the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens. Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.\n\nThen the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.\n\nFour legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.\n\nThen the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun. I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"\n\nWhen the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.\n\nPresently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.\n\nMeantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I don't know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.\n\nAfter the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I don't want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\" The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.\n\nAfter a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\" But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death.",
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"There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.",
"He was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye.",
"Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself.",
"\"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.",
"Next morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"",
"He then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\"",
"She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.",
"He entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"",
"So he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them.",
"Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.",
"Now, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.",
"Then the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens.",
"Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.",
"Four legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun.",
"I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"",
"When the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.",
"Presently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.",
"Meantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I don't know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.",
"After the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I don't want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\"",
"The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.",
"After a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\"",
"But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death."
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"There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.",
"He was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye. Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself. \"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.",
"Next morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"",
"He then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\" She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.",
"He entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"",
"So he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them. Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.",
"Now, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.",
"Then the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens. Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.",
"Four legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun. I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"",
"When the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.",
"Presently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.",
"Meantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I do not know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.",
"After the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I do not want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\" The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.",
"After a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\" But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death."
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"speech_safe_text": "There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.\n\nHe was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye. Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself. \"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.\n\nNext morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"\n\nHe then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\" She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.\n\nHe entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"\n\nSo he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.\n\nThen the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them. Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.\n\nNow, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.\n\nBut when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.\n\nThen the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens. Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.\n\nThen the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.\n\nFour legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.\n\nThen the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun. I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"\n\nWhen the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.\n\nPresently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.\n\nMeantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I do not know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.\n\nAfter the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I do not want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\" The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.\n\nAfter a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\" But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death.",
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"He was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye.",
"Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself.",
"\"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.",
"Next morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"",
"He then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\"",
"She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.",
"He entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"",
"So he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them.",
"Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.",
"Now, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.",
"Then the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens.",
"Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.",
"Four legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun.",
"I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"",
"When the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.",
"Presently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.",
"Meantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I do not know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.",
"After the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I do not want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\"",
"The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.",
"After a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\"",
"But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death."
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"There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait. He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, \"Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.\" The huntsman took pity on the poor old creature, felt in his pocket, and gave her what he could afford.",
"He was then about to go further, but the old woman stopped him and said, \"Listen, dear huntsman, to what I tell you. I will make you a present in return for your good heart. Go on your way now, but in a little while you will come to a tree, whereon nine birds are sitting which have a cloak in their claws, and are fighting for it, take your gun and shoot into the midst of them. They will let the cloak fall down to you, but one of the birds will be hurt, and will drop down dead. Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak. When you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye.",
"Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked the wise woman, and thought to himself, \"Those are fine things that she has promised me, if all does but come true.\" And verily when he had walked about a hundred paces, he heard in the branches above him such a screaming and twittering that he looked up and saw there a swarm of birds who were tearing a piece of cloth about with their beaks and claws, and tugging and fighting as if each wanted to have it all to himself.",
"\"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing, it has really come to pass just as the old crone foretold,\" and he took the gun from his shoulder, aimed and fired right into the midst of them, so that the feathers flew about. The birds instantly took to flight with loud outcries, but one dropped down dead, and the cloak fell at the same time. Then the huntsman did as the old woman had directed him, cut open the bird, sought the heart, swallowed it down, and took the cloak home with him.",
"Next morning, when he awoke, the promise occurred to him, and he wished to see if it also had been fulfilled. When he lifted up the pillow, the gold piece shone in his eyes, and next day he found another, and so it went on, every time he got up. He gathered together a heap of gold, but at last he thought, \"Of what use is all my gold to me if I stay at home? I will go forth and see the world.\"",
"He then took leave of his parents, buckled on his huntsman's pouch and gun, and went out into the world. It came to pass, that one day he traveled through a dense forest, and when he came to the end of it, in the plain before him stood a fine castle. An old woman was standing with a wonderfully beautiful maiden, looking out of one of the windows. The old woman, however, was a witch and said to the maiden, \"There comes one out of the forest, who has a wonderful treasure in his body. We must filch it from him, daughter of my heart, it is more suitable for us than for him. He has a bird's heart about him, by means of which a gold piece lies every morning under his pillow.\"",
"She told her what she was to do to get it, and what part she had to play, and finally threatened her, and said with angry eyes, \"And if you do not attend to what I say, it will be the worse for you.\" Now when the huntsman came nearer he noticed the maiden, and said to himself, \"I have traveled about for such a long time, I will take a rest for once, and enter that beautiful castle. I have certainly money enough.\" Nevertheless, the real reason was that he had caught sight of the beautiful picture.",
"He entered the house, and was well received and courteously entertained. Before long he was so much in love with the young witch that he no longer thought of anything else, and only saw things as she saw them, and liked to do what she desired. The old woman then said, \"Now we must have the bird's heart, he will never miss it.\" She brewed a potion, and when it was ready, poured it into a goblet and gave it to the maiden, who was to present it to the huntsman. She did so, saying, \"Now, my dearest, drink to me.\"",
"So he took the goblet, and when he had swallowed the draught, he brought up the heart of the bird. The girl had to take it away secretly and swallow it herself, for the old woman would have it so. Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, but it lay instead under that of the maiden, from whence the old woman fetched it away every morning, but he was so much in love and so befooled, that he thought of nothing else but of passing his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it should fare ill with her. So she did the old woman's bidding, placed herself at the window and looked on the distant country, as if she were very sorrowful. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sorrowfully?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them.",
"Only the birds, they fly and can reach them, but a man never.\" \"Have you nothing else to complain of?\" said the huntsman. \"I will soon remove that burden from your heart.\" With that he drew her under his mantle, wished himself on the garnet mountain, and in the twinkling of an eye they were sitting on it together. Precious stones were glistening on every side so that it was a joy to see them, and together they gathered the finest and costliest of them.",
"Now, the old woman had, through her sorceries, contrived that the eyes of the huntsman should become heavy. He said to the maiden, \"We will sit down and rest awhile, I am so tired that I can no longer stand on my feet.\" Then they sat down, and he laid his head in her lap, and fell asleep. When he was asleep, she unfastened the mantle from his shoulders, and wrapped herself in it, picked up the garnets and stones, and wished herself back at home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and awoke, and perceived that his sweetheart had betrayed him, and left him alone on the wild mountain, he said, \"Oh, what treachery there is in the world,\" and sat down there in trouble and sorrow, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and monstrous giants who dwelt thereon and lived their lives there, and he had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him, so he lay down as if he were sunk in a deep sleep.",
"Then the giants came up, and the first kicked him with his foot and said, \"What sort of an earth-worm is this, lying here contemplating his inside?\" The second said, \"Step upon him and kill him.\" But the third said, contemptuously, \"That would indeed be worth your while, just let him live, he cannot remain here, and when he climbs higher, toward the summit of of the mountain, the clouds will lay hold of him and bear him away.\" So saying they passed by. But the huntsman had paid heed to their words, and as soon as they were gone, he rose and climbed up to the summit of the mountain, and when he had sat there a while, a cloud floated towards him, caught him up, carried him away, and traveled about for a long time in the heavens.",
"Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a great cabbage-garden, girt round by walls, so that he came softly to the ground on cabbages and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked about him and said, \"If I had but something to eat. I am so hungry, and to proceed on my way from here will be difficult. I see here neither apples nor pears, nor any other sort of fruit, everywhere nothing but cabbages, but at length he thought, at a pinch I can eat some of the leaves, they do not taste particularly good, but they will refresh me.\" With that he picked himself out a fine head of cabbage, and ate it, but scarcely had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange and quite different.",
"Four legs grew on him, a thick head and two long ears, and he saw with horror that he was changed into an ass. Still as his hunger increased every minute, and as the juicy leaves were suitable to his present nature, he went on eating with great zest. At last he arrived at a different kind of cabbage, but as soon as he had swallowed it, he again felt a change, and resumed his former human shape.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his fatigue. When he awoke next morning, he broke off one head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones, and thought to himself, this shall help me to get my own again and punish treachery. Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went forth to look for the castle of his sweetheart. After wandering about for a couple of days he was lucky enough to find it again. He dyed his face brown, so that his own mother would not have known him, and begged for shelter, \"I am so tired,\" said he, \"that I can go no further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger, and was sent out to seek the most delicious salad which grows beneath the sun.",
"I have even been so fortunate as to find it, and am carrying it about with me, but the heat of the sun is so intense that the delicate cabbage threatens to wither, and I do not know if I can carry it any further.\"",
"When the old woman heard of the exquisite salad, she was greedy, and said, \"Dear countryman, let me just try this wonderful salad.\" \"Why not?\" answered he. \"I have brought two heads with me, and will give you one of them,\" and he opened his pouch and handed her the bad cabbage. The witch suspected nothing amiss, and her mouth watered so for this new dish that she herself went into the kitchen and dressed it. When it was prepared she could not wait until it was set on the table, but took a couple of leaves at once, and put them in her mouth, but hardly had she swallowed them than she was deprived of her human shape, and she ran out into the courtyard in the form of an ass.",
"Presently the maid-servant entered the kitchen, saw the salad standing there ready prepared, and was about to carry it up, but on the way, according to habit, she was seized by the desire to taste, and she ate a couple of leaves. Instantly the magic power showed itself, and she likewise became an ass and ran out to the old woman, and the dish of salad fell to the ground.",
"Meantime the messenger sat beside the beautiful girl, and as no one came with the salad and she also was longing for it, she said, \"I do not know what has become of the salad.\" The huntsman thought, the salad must have already taken effect, and said, \"I will go to the kitchen and inquire about it.\" As he went down he saw the two asses running about in the courtyard, the salad, however, was lying on the ground. \"All right,\" said he, \"the two have taken their portion,\" and he picked up the other leaves, laid them on the dish, and carried them to the maiden. \"I bring you the delicate food myself,\" said he, \"in order that you may not have to wait longer.\" Then she ate of it, and was, like the others, immediately deprived of her human form, and ran out into the courtyard in the shape of an ass.",
"After the huntsman had washed his face, so that the transformed ones could recognize him, he went down into the courtyard, and said, \"Now you shall receive the wages of your treachery,\" and bound them together, all three with one rope, and drove them along until he came to a mill. He knocked at the window, the miller put out his head, and asked what he wanted. \"I have three unmanageable beasts, answered he, which I do not want to keep any longer. Will you take them in, and give them food and stable room, and manage them as I tell you, and then I will pay you what you ask?\" The miller said, \"Why not? But how am I to manage them?\"",
"The huntsman then said that he was to give three beatings and one meal daily to the old donkey, and that was the witch, one beating and three meals to the younger one, which was the servant-girl, and to the youngest, which was the maiden, no beatings and three meals, for he could not bring himself to have the maiden beaten. After that he went back into the castle, and found therein everything he needed.",
"After a couple of days, the miller came and said he must inform him that the old ass which had received three beatings and only one meal daily was dead. The two others, he continued, are certainly not dead, and are fed three times daily, but they are so sad that they cannot last much longer. The huntsman was moved to pity, put away his anger, and told the miller to drive them back again to him. And when they came, he gave them some of the good salad, so that they became human again. The beautiful girl fell on her knees before him, and said, \"Ah, my beloved, forgive me for the evil I have done you, my mother drove me to it. It was done against my will, for I love you dearly. Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion.\"",
"But he thought otherwise, and said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, for I will take you for my true wife.\" So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death."
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"Once, a young huntsman went into the forest to wait for his game. He felt happy and full of joy. As he walked along, he whistled a happy tune. Suddenly, an ugly old woman came out. She looked very sad and tired. She asked him for some food and water. The huntsman felt very sorry for her. He reached into his pocket and gave her a little bit of money.",
"He was just about to go on, but the old woman stopped him. She smiled and said, \"Listen to me, dear huntsman. I want to give you a gift for your kind heart. Go on your way now. Soon, you will see a tree with nine birds sitting on it. They are fighting over a beautiful cloak. Take your gun and shoot right in the middle of them. The birds will drop the cloak for you, but one bird will get hurt and fall down. Take the cloak home with you. It is a magic cloak! When you put it on your shoulders, you only have to wish to go somewhere, and you will be there in a flash.",
"Take the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole,\" the wise woman said. \"Then, every morning when you wake up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked her. He thought, \"That sounds wonderful. I hope it comes true.\" Just then, he heard a loud noise in the trees above. He looked up and saw a flock of birds fighting over a piece of cloth. They were pulling and tugging, trying to grab it all for themselves.",
"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing. It really happened just like the old lady said.\" He took his gun from his shoulder. He aimed and fired right at the birds. Feathers flew everywhere. The birds flew away with loud cries, but one bird dropped down dead. The magic cloak fell to the ground too. Then the huntsman did what the old lady told him. He cut open the bird and found the heart. He swallowed it down and took the cloak home with him.",
"The next morning, when he woke up, he remembered his promise. He wanted to see if it came true. He lifted his pillow, and there was a shiny gold coin. The next day, he found another one. This happened every time he got out of bed. He made a big pile of gold, but then he thought, \"What good is all this gold if I just stay here? I will go out and see the world.",
"He said goodbye to his parents. He put on his little bag and took his gun. Then he walked out into the world. One day, he walked through a big, green forest. When he came to the end of the trees, he saw a big castle in front of him. An old woman was standing there with a very pretty girl. They were looking out of a window. The old woman was a witch. She said to the girl, \"Look! A boy is coming out of the forest. He has a magic heart. We must take it from him. It is better for us than for him. He has a bird's heart. Every morning, a gold coin will appear under his pillow.",
"She told her what she had to do to get it. She told her what part she had to play. Then she looked at her with angry eyes. \"If you do not listen to me,\" she said, \"it will be the worse for you.\" Now, when the huntsman came closer, he saw the girl. He thought to himself, \"I have walked for such a long time. I will take a rest for once. I will go into that beautiful castle. I have plenty of money.\" But really, he had seen the beautiful picture.",
"He walked into the house and was welcomed with a warm smile. Soon, he fell in love with the young witch. He only wanted to do what she liked and see the world through her eyes. Then, the old woman said, \"We need the bird's heart now. He will never miss it.\" She made a special drink and poured it into a cup. She gave it to the girl to give to the huntsman. She said, \"Now, my love, drink this for me.",
"He took the cup and drank the magic drink. Then, he coughed up the bird's heart. The girl had to take it away and eat it herself, because the old woman wanted it that way. After that, he did not find any more gold under his pillow. Instead, the gold was hidden under the maiden's pillow. Every morning, the old woman would take it away. But he was so in love and so happy that he did not care. He only wanted to spend his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a cloak is a wonderful thing, and is very hard to find in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it would be very bad for her. So she did the old woman's bidding, stood by the window and looked at the distant country, as if she were very sad. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sadly?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them.",
"Only the birds can fly up there, but a man cannot. \"Is there anything else you are sad about?\" asked the huntsman gently. \"I will take that worry away from you right now.\" He put his cloak around her and wished himself to the mountain of red stones. In just a blink, they were sitting on it together. Beautiful gems were shining everywhere, and it was a joy to look at them. They picked the most precious ones to take home.",
"Now, the old woman used her magic to make the huntsman feel very sleepy. She said to the girl, \"Let us sit down and rest for a bit. I am so tired that I cannot stand up any longer.\" So they sat down, and he put his head in her lap and fell fast asleep. While he was sleeping, she took his cloak off his shoulders and wrapped it around herself. Then she picked up the shiny stones and the pretty gems, and she made a wish to be back home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and woke up, he saw that his sweetheart had tricked him. She had left him all alone on the wild mountain. He felt very sad. He said, \"Oh, what a mean trick that is!\" He sat down and cried, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and scary giants. They lived there. He had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him. So, he lay down and pretended to be fast asleep.",
"Then the giants came up. The first one kicked him with his foot. He said, \"What sort of a worm is this, lying here looking at his own tummy?\" The second one said, \"Step on him and squash him.\" But the third one said, \"That would be a waste of time. Just let him live. He cannot stay here. When he climbs higher, the clouds will catch him and carry him away.\"\n\nSo saying, they walked past. But the huntsman had listened to them. As soon as they were gone, he stood up and climbed to the top of the mountain. He sat there for a little while. Then a soft cloud floated toward him. It caught him up gently and carried him away. They traveled about for a long time in the sky.",
"Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a big garden full of green cabbages. The garden was surrounded by high walls, so the donkey came down very softly on the soft leaves and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked around and said, \"I am so hungry. I need something to eat before I can go on. I don't see any apples or pears here. I only see cabbages. But I can eat the leaves. They do not taste very good, but they will make me feel better.\" He picked a nice green head of cabbage and ate it. But as soon as he swallowed a few bites, he felt very strange and dizzy.",
"Four legs grew on him, and he had a thick head and two long ears. He looked in the water and saw with a little bit of fear that he had changed into a donkey. But he was still very hungry. The green leaves were good to eat, so he kept munching happily. Soon, he found a different kind of cabbage. He took a big bite, and suddenly, he felt a tingle. His donkey ears disappeared, and he was a boy again.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his tiredness. When he woke up the next morning, he broke off a head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones. He thought to himself, \"This will help me get my own back and teach the witch a lesson.\" Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went out to find the castle of his sweetheart. After walking around for a couple of days, he was lucky enough to find it again. He covered his face with brown dirt so his own mother would not know him. He asked for shelter. \"I am so tired,\" he said, \"that I cannot go any further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger,\" he said, \"and I was sent out to find the most delicious salad that grows beneath the sun.",
"I have even been so lucky enough to find it, and I am carrying it with me. But the sun is so hot and bright. The little cabbage is so soft and delicate. It looks like it might wilt. I am not sure if I can carry it any further.",
"When the old woman heard about the tasty salad, she got very greedy. She said, \"Dear friend, please let me taste this wonderful food.\" \"Of course,\" he answered. \"I brought two heads, and I will give you one.\" He opened his bag and gave her the bad cabbage. The witch did not suspect anything was wrong. She was so hungry that she went into the kitchen to make it. When it was ready, she could not wait. She took a few leaves and put them in her mouth. But as soon as she swallowed them, her body changed. She ran out into the yard, and now she was a donkey.",
"Soon, a maid came into the kitchen. She saw the salad sitting there, all ready to serve. She picked it up to take it upstairs, but she stopped. She wanted to taste it, so she took a few leaves and ate them. Suddenly, the magic happened! She felt strange and funny. She turned into a donkey! She ran out to the old woman, and the salad bowl fell to the floor.",
"The messenger sat beside the beautiful girl. She waited for her salad, but no one came. She said, \"I do not know what has happened to the salad.\" The huntsman thought the salad must have worked. He said, \"I will go to the kitchen and ask.\" As he walked down, he saw the two donkeys running in the yard. The salad was lying on the ground. \"That is fine,\" he said. \"They have had their share.\" He picked up the leaves, put them on the dish, and carried them to the girl. \"I brought this food for you myself,\" he said. \"I did not want you to wait.\" She ate it, and just like the others, she changed into a donkey. She ran out into the yard.",
"After the huntsman washed his face so they could see who he was, he went down to the yard. He said, \"Now you will get what you deserve for being so mean.\" He tied them all together with one long rope and led them away. He walked until he came to a mill. He knocked on the window. The miller stuck his head out and asked what he needed.\n\n\"I have three wild animals that I cannot handle,\" the huntsman said. \"I do not want to keep them anymore. Will you take them in? You must give them food and a warm place to sleep. If you do that, I will pay you.\"\n\nThe miller said, \"Why not? But how will I take care of them?",
"The huntsman said, \"I will give the old donkey three whacks and one meal every day. That is for the witch. I will give the younger donkey one whack and three meals. That is for the servant girl. But for the youngest girl, the maiden, there will be no whacks at all. I cannot bear to see her hurt.\" Then he went back to the castle. He found everything he needed there.",
"After a few days, the miller came back. He told the huntsman that the old donkey was gone. He had been beaten many times and had very little food. The other two donkeys were still alive, but they were so sad and hungry that they could not go on. The huntsman felt very sorry for them. He put away his anger and told the miller to bring the donkeys back to him. When they arrived, the huntsman gave them some of his delicious green salad. The donkeys felt much better and became happy again.\n\nThe beautiful girl fell to her knees in front of him. She looked at him with big, sad eyes. \"Oh, my dear,\" she said softly. \"Please forgive me for the bad things I did. My mother made me do it. I did not want to be mean. I love you so much. You can keep your magic cloak in the closet. And I will take a medicine to make me sick, so I can give you the bird's heart.",
"But he thought differently. He said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, because I will take you as my true wife.\" So they had a lovely wedding. They lived happily together for a long, long time."
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"child_friendly_text": "Once, a young huntsman went into the forest to wait for his game. He felt happy and full of joy. As he walked along, he whistled a happy tune. Suddenly, an ugly old woman came out. She looked very sad and tired. She asked him for some food and water. The huntsman felt very sorry for her. He reached into his pocket and gave her a little bit of money.\n\nHe was just about to go on, but the old woman stopped him. She smiled and said, \"Listen to me, dear huntsman. I want to give you a gift for your kind heart. Go on your way now. Soon, you will see a tree with nine birds sitting on it. They are fighting over a beautiful cloak. Take your gun and shoot right in the middle of them. The birds will drop the cloak for you, but one bird will get hurt and fall down. Take the cloak home with you. It is a magic cloak! When you put it on your shoulders, you only have to wish to go somewhere, and you will be there in a flash.\n\nTake the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole,\" the wise woman said. \"Then, every morning when you wake up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked her. He thought, \"That sounds wonderful. I hope it comes true.\" Just then, he heard a loud noise in the trees above. He looked up and saw a flock of birds fighting over a piece of cloth. They were pulling and tugging, trying to grab it all for themselves.\n\nWell,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing. It really happened just like the old lady said.\" He took his gun from his shoulder. He aimed and fired right at the birds. Feathers flew everywhere. The birds flew away with loud cries, but one bird dropped down dead. The magic cloak fell to the ground too. Then the huntsman did what the old lady told him. He cut open the bird and found the heart. He swallowed it down and took the cloak home with him.\n\nThe next morning, when he woke up, he remembered his promise. He wanted to see if it came true. He lifted his pillow, and there was a shiny gold coin. The next day, he found another one. This happened every time he got out of bed. He made a big pile of gold, but then he thought, \"What good is all this gold if I just stay here? I will go out and see the world.\n\nHe said goodbye to his parents. He put on his little bag and took his gun. Then he walked out into the world. One day, he walked through a big, green forest. When he came to the end of the trees, he saw a big castle in front of him. An old woman was standing there with a very pretty girl. They were looking out of a window. The old woman was a witch. She said to the girl, \"Look! A boy is coming out of the forest. He has a magic heart. We must take it from him. It is better for us than for him. He has a bird's heart. Every morning, a gold coin will appear under his pillow.\n\nShe told her what she had to do to get it. She told her what part she had to play. Then she looked at her with angry eyes. \"If you do not listen to me,\" she said, \"it will be the worse for you.\" Now, when the huntsman came closer, he saw the girl. He thought to himself, \"I have walked for such a long time. I will take a rest for once. I will go into that beautiful castle. I have plenty of money.\" But really, he had seen the beautiful picture.\n\nHe walked into the house and was welcomed with a warm smile. Soon, he fell in love with the young witch. He only wanted to do what she liked and see the world through her eyes. Then, the old woman said, \"We need the bird's heart now. He will never miss it.\" She made a special drink and poured it into a cup. She gave it to the girl to give to the huntsman. She said, \"Now, my love, drink this for me.\n\nHe took the cup and drank the magic drink. Then, he coughed up the bird's heart. The girl had to take it away and eat it herself, because the old woman wanted it that way. After that, he did not find any more gold under his pillow. Instead, the gold was hidden under the maiden's pillow. Every morning, the old woman would take it away. But he was so in love and so happy that he did not care. He only wanted to spend his time with the girl.\n\nThen the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a cloak is a wonderful thing, and is very hard to find in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it would be very bad for her. So she did the old woman's bidding, stood by the window and looked at the distant country, as if she were very sad. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sadly?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them.\n\nOnly the birds can fly up there, but a man cannot. \"Is there anything else you are sad about?\" asked the huntsman gently. \"I will take that worry away from you right now.\" He put his cloak around her and wished himself to the mountain of red stones. In just a blink, they were sitting on it together. Beautiful gems were shining everywhere, and it was a joy to look at them. They picked the most precious ones to take home.\n\nNow, the old woman used her magic to make the huntsman feel very sleepy. She said to the girl, \"Let us sit down and rest for a bit. I am so tired that I cannot stand up any longer.\" So they sat down, and he put his head in her lap and fell fast asleep. While he was sleeping, she took his cloak off his shoulders and wrapped it around herself. Then she picked up the shiny stones and the pretty gems, and she made a wish to be back home with them.\n\nBut when the huntsman had slept his fill and woke up, he saw that his sweetheart had tricked him. She had left him all alone on the wild mountain. He felt very sad. He said, \"Oh, what a mean trick that is!\" He sat down and cried, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and scary giants. They lived there. He had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him. So, he lay down and pretended to be fast asleep.\n\nThen the giants came up. The first one kicked him with his foot. He said, \"What sort of a worm is this, lying here looking at his own tummy?\" The second one said, \"Step on him and squash him.\" But the third one said, \"That would be a waste of time. Just let him live. He cannot stay here. When he climbs higher, the clouds will catch him and carry him away.\"\n\nSo saying, they walked past. But the huntsman had listened to them. As soon as they were gone, he stood up and climbed to the top of the mountain. He sat there for a little while. Then a soft cloud floated toward him. It caught him up gently and carried him away. They traveled about for a long time in the sky.\n\nThen it sank lower, and let itself down on a big garden full of green cabbages. The garden was surrounded by high walls, so the donkey came down very softly on the soft leaves and vegetables.\n\nThen the huntsman looked around and said, \"I am so hungry. I need something to eat before I can go on. I don't see any apples or pears here. I only see cabbages. But I can eat the leaves. They do not taste very good, but they will make me feel better.\" He picked a nice green head of cabbage and ate it. But as soon as he swallowed a few bites, he felt very strange and dizzy.\n\nFour legs grew on him, and he had a thick head and two long ears. He looked in the water and saw with a little bit of fear that he had changed into a donkey. But he was still very hungry. The green leaves were good to eat, so he kept munching happily. Soon, he found a different kind of cabbage. He took a big bite, and suddenly, he felt a tingle. His donkey ears disappeared, and he was a boy again.\n\nThen the huntsman lay down and slept off his tiredness. When he woke up the next morning, he broke off a head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones. He thought to himself, \"This will help me get my own back and teach the witch a lesson.\" Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went out to find the castle of his sweetheart. After walking around for a couple of days, he was lucky enough to find it again. He covered his face with brown dirt so his own mother would not know him. He asked for shelter. \"I am so tired,\" he said, \"that I cannot go any further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger,\" he said, \"and I was sent out to find the most delicious salad that grows beneath the sun.\n\nI have even been so lucky enough to find it, and I am carrying it with me. But the sun is so hot and bright. The little cabbage is so soft and delicate. It looks like it might wilt. I am not sure if I can carry it any further.\n\nWhen the old woman heard about the tasty salad, she got very greedy. She said, \"Dear friend, please let me taste this wonderful food.\" \"Of course,\" he answered. \"I brought two heads, and I will give you one.\" He opened his bag and gave her the bad cabbage. The witch did not suspect anything was wrong. She was so hungry that she went into the kitchen to make it. When it was ready, she could not wait. She took a few leaves and put them in her mouth. But as soon as she swallowed them, her body changed. She ran out into the yard, and now she was a donkey.\n\nSoon, a maid came into the kitchen. She saw the salad sitting there, all ready to serve. She picked it up to take it upstairs, but she stopped. She wanted to taste it, so she took a few leaves and ate them. Suddenly, the magic happened! She felt strange and funny. She turned into a donkey! She ran out to the old woman, and the salad bowl fell to the floor.\n\nThe messenger sat beside the beautiful girl. She waited for her salad, but no one came. She said, \"I do not know what has happened to the salad.\" The huntsman thought the salad must have worked. He said, \"I will go to the kitchen and ask.\" As he walked down, he saw the two donkeys running in the yard. The salad was lying on the ground. \"That is fine,\" he said. \"They have had their share.\" He picked up the leaves, put them on the dish, and carried them to the girl. \"I brought this food for you myself,\" he said. \"I did not want you to wait.\" She ate it, and just like the others, she changed into a donkey. She ran out into the yard.\n\nAfter the huntsman washed his face so they could see who he was, he went down to the yard. He said, \"Now you will get what you deserve for being so mean.\" He tied them all together with one long rope and led them away. He walked until he came to a mill. He knocked on the window. The miller stuck his head out and asked what he needed.\n\n\"I have three wild animals that I cannot handle,\" the huntsman said. \"I do not want to keep them anymore. Will you take them in? You must give them food and a warm place to sleep. If you do that, I will pay you.\"\n\nThe miller said, \"Why not? But how will I take care of them?\n\nThe huntsman said, \"I will give the old donkey three whacks and one meal every day. That is for the witch. I will give the younger donkey one whack and three meals. That is for the servant girl. But for the youngest girl, the maiden, there will be no whacks at all. I cannot bear to see her hurt.\" Then he went back to the castle. He found everything he needed there.\n\nAfter a few days, the miller came back. He told the huntsman that the old donkey was gone. He had been beaten many times and had very little food. The other two donkeys were still alive, but they were so sad and hungry that they could not go on. The huntsman felt very sorry for them. He put away his anger and told the miller to bring the donkeys back to him. When they arrived, the huntsman gave them some of his delicious green salad. The donkeys felt much better and became happy again.\n\nThe beautiful girl fell to her knees in front of him. She looked at him with big, sad eyes. \"Oh, my dear,\" she said softly. \"Please forgive me for the bad things I did. My mother made me do it. I did not want to be mean. I love you so much. You can keep your magic cloak in the closet. And I will take a medicine to make me sick, so I can give you the bird's heart.\n\nBut he thought differently. He said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, because I will take you as my true wife.\" So they had a lovely wedding. They lived happily together for a long, long time.",
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"Once, a young huntsman went into the forest to wait for his game. He felt happy and full of joy. As he walked along, he whistled a happy tune. Suddenly, an ugly old woman came out. She looked very sad and tired. She asked him for some food and water. The huntsman felt very sorry for her. He reached into his pocket and gave her a little bit of money.",
"He was just about to go on, but the old woman stopped him. She smiled and said, \"Listen to me, dear huntsman. I want to give you a gift for your kind heart. Go on your way now. Soon, you will see a tree with nine birds sitting on it. They are fighting over a beautiful cloak. Take your gun and shoot right in the middle of them. The birds will drop the cloak for you, but one bird will get hurt and fall down. Take the cloak home with you. It is a magic cloak! When you put it on your shoulders, you only have to wish to go somewhere, and you will be there in a flash.",
"Take the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole,\" the wise woman said. \"Then, every morning when you wake up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow.\" The huntsman thanked her. He thought, \"That sounds wonderful. I hope it comes true.\" Just then, he heard a loud noise in the trees above. He looked up and saw a flock of birds fighting over a piece of cloth. They were pulling and tugging, trying to grab it all for themselves.",
"Well,\" said the huntsman, \"this is amazing. It really happened just like the old lady said.\" He took his gun from his shoulder. He aimed and fired right at the birds. Feathers flew everywhere. The birds flew away with loud cries, but one bird dropped down dead. The magic cloak fell to the ground too. Then the huntsman did what the old lady told him. He cut open the bird and found the heart. He swallowed it down and took the cloak home with him.",
"The next morning, when he woke up, he remembered his promise. He wanted to see if it came true. He lifted his pillow, and there was a shiny gold coin. The next day, he found another one. This happened every time he got out of bed. He made a big pile of gold, but then he thought, \"What good is all this gold if I just stay here? I will go out and see the world.",
"He said goodbye to his parents. He put on his little bag and took his gun. Then he walked out into the world. One day, he walked through a big, green forest. When he came to the end of the trees, he saw a big castle in front of him. An old woman was standing there with a very pretty girl. They were looking out of a window. The old woman was a witch. She said to the girl, \"Look! A boy is coming out of the forest. He has a magic heart. We must take it from him. It is better for us than for him. He has a bird's heart. Every morning, a gold coin will appear under his pillow.",
"She told her what she had to do to get it. She told her what part she had to play. Then she looked at her with angry eyes. \"If you do not listen to me,\" she said, \"it will be the worse for you.\" Now, when the huntsman came closer, he saw the girl. He thought to himself, \"I have walked for such a long time. I will take a rest for once. I will go into that beautiful castle. I have plenty of money.\" But really, he had seen the beautiful picture.",
"He walked into the house and was welcomed with a warm smile. Soon, he fell in love with the young witch. He only wanted to do what she liked and see the world through her eyes. Then, the old woman said, \"We need the bird's heart now. He will never miss it.\" She made a special drink and poured it into a cup. She gave it to the girl to give to the huntsman. She said, \"Now, my love, drink this for me.",
"He took the cup and drank the magic drink. Then, he coughed up the bird's heart. The girl had to take it away and eat it herself, because the old woman wanted it that way. After that, he did not find any more gold under his pillow. Instead, the gold was hidden under the maiden's pillow. Every morning, the old woman would take it away. But he was so in love and so happy that he did not care. He only wanted to spend his time with the girl.",
"Then the old witch said, \"We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him.\" The girl answered, \"We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth.\" The old woman was angry and said, \"Such a cloak is a wonderful thing, and is very hard to find in this world. I must and will have it.\" She gave the girl several blows, and said that if she did not obey, it would be very bad for her. So she did the old woman's bidding, stood by the window and looked at the distant country, as if she were very sad. The huntsman asked, \"Why do you stand there so sadly?\" \"Ah, my beloved,\" was her answer, \"over yonder lies the garnet mountain, where the precious stones grow. I long for them so much that when I think of them, I feel quite sad, but who can get them.",
"Only the birds can fly up there, but a man cannot. \"Is there anything else you are sad about?\" asked the huntsman gently. \"I will take that worry away from you right now.\" He put his cloak around her and wished himself to the mountain of red stones. In just a blink, they were sitting on it together. Beautiful gems were shining everywhere, and it was a joy to look at them. They picked the most precious ones to take home.",
"Now, the old woman used her magic to make the huntsman feel very sleepy. She said to the girl, \"Let us sit down and rest for a bit. I am so tired that I cannot stand up any longer.\" So they sat down, and he put his head in her lap and fell fast asleep. While he was sleeping, she took his cloak off his shoulders and wrapped it around herself. Then she picked up the shiny stones and the pretty gems, and she made a wish to be back home with them.",
"But when the huntsman had slept his fill and woke up, he saw that his sweetheart had tricked him. She had left him all alone on the wild mountain. He felt very sad. He said, \"Oh, what a mean trick that is!\" He sat down and cried, not knowing what to do. But the mountain belonged to some wild and scary giants. They lived there. He had not sat long before he saw three of them coming towards him. So, he lay down and pretended to be fast asleep.",
"Then the giants came up. The first one kicked him with his foot. He said, \"What sort of a worm is this, lying here looking at his own tummy?\" The second one said, \"Step on him and squash him.\" But the third one said, \"That would be a waste of time. Just let him live. He cannot stay here. When he climbs higher, the clouds will catch him and carry him away.\"\n\nSo saying, they walked past. But the huntsman had listened to them. As soon as they were gone, he stood up and climbed to the top of the mountain. He sat there for a little while. Then a soft cloud floated toward him. It caught him up gently and carried him away. They traveled about for a long time in the sky.",
"Then it sank lower, and let itself down on a big garden full of green cabbages. The garden was surrounded by high walls, so the donkey came down very softly on the soft leaves and vegetables.",
"Then the huntsman looked around and said, \"I am so hungry. I need something to eat before I can go on. I don't see any apples or pears here. I only see cabbages. But I can eat the leaves. They do not taste very good, but they will make me feel better.\" He picked a nice green head of cabbage and ate it. But as soon as he swallowed a few bites, he felt very strange and dizzy.",
"Four legs grew on him, and he had a thick head and two long ears. He looked in the water and saw with a little bit of fear that he had changed into a donkey. But he was still very hungry. The green leaves were good to eat, so he kept munching happily. Soon, he found a different kind of cabbage. He took a big bite, and suddenly, he felt a tingle. His donkey ears disappeared, and he was a boy again.",
"Then the huntsman lay down and slept off his tiredness. When he woke up the next morning, he broke off a head of the bad cabbages and another of the good ones. He thought to himself, \"This will help me get my own back and teach the witch a lesson.\" Then he took the cabbages with him, climbed over the wall, and went out to find the castle of his sweetheart. After walking around for a couple of days, he was lucky enough to find it again. He covered his face with brown dirt so his own mother would not know him. He asked for shelter. \"I am so tired,\" he said, \"that I cannot go any further.\" The witch asked, \"Who are you, countryman, and what is your business?\" \"I am a king's messenger,\" he said, \"and I was sent out to find the most delicious salad that grows beneath the sun.",
"I have even been so lucky enough to find it, and I am carrying it with me. But the sun is so hot and bright. The little cabbage is so soft and delicate. It looks like it might wilt. I am not sure if I can carry it any further.",
"When the old woman heard about the tasty salad, she got very greedy. She said, \"Dear friend, please let me taste this wonderful food.\" \"Of course,\" he answered. \"I brought two heads, and I will give you one.\" He opened his bag and gave her the bad cabbage. The witch did not suspect anything was wrong. She was so hungry that she went into the kitchen to make it. When it was ready, she could not wait. She took a few leaves and put them in her mouth. But as soon as she swallowed them, her body changed. She ran out into the yard, and now she was a donkey.",
"Soon, a maid came into the kitchen. She saw the salad sitting there, all ready to serve. She picked it up to take it upstairs, but she stopped. She wanted to taste it, so she took a few leaves and ate them. Suddenly, the magic happened! She felt strange and funny. She turned into a donkey! She ran out to the old woman, and the salad bowl fell to the floor.",
"The messenger sat beside the beautiful girl. She waited for her salad, but no one came. She said, \"I do not know what has happened to the salad.\" The huntsman thought the salad must have worked. He said, \"I will go to the kitchen and ask.\" As he walked down, he saw the two donkeys running in the yard. The salad was lying on the ground. \"That is fine,\" he said. \"They have had their share.\" He picked up the leaves, put them on the dish, and carried them to the girl. \"I brought this food for you myself,\" he said. \"I did not want you to wait.\" She ate it, and just like the others, she changed into a donkey. She ran out into the yard.",
"After the huntsman washed his face so they could see who he was, he went down to the yard. He said, \"Now you will get what you deserve for being so mean.\" He tied them all together with one long rope and led them away. He walked until he came to a mill. He knocked on the window. The miller stuck his head out and asked what he needed.\n\n\"I have three wild animals that I cannot handle,\" the huntsman said. \"I do not want to keep them anymore. Will you take them in? You must give them food and a warm place to sleep. If you do that, I will pay you.\"\n\nThe miller said, \"Why not? But how will I take care of them?",
"The huntsman said, \"I will give the old donkey three whacks and one meal every day. That is for the witch. I will give the younger donkey one whack and three meals. That is for the servant girl. But for the youngest girl, the maiden, there will be no whacks at all. I cannot bear to see her hurt.\" Then he went back to the castle. He found everything he needed there.",
"After a few days, the miller came back. He told the huntsman that the old donkey was gone. He had been beaten many times and had very little food. The other two donkeys were still alive, but they were so sad and hungry that they could not go on. The huntsman felt very sorry for them. He put away his anger and told the miller to bring the donkeys back to him. When they arrived, the huntsman gave them some of his delicious green salad. The donkeys felt much better and became happy again. The beautiful girl fell to her knees in front of him. She looked at him with big, sad eyes. \"Oh, my dear,\" she said softly. \"Please forgive me for the bad things I did. My mother made me do it. I did not want to be mean. I love you so much. You can keep your magic cloak in the closet.",
"And I will take a medicine to make me sick, so I can give you the bird's heart.",
"But he thought differently. He said, \"Keep it. It is all the same, because I will take you as my true wife.\" So they had a lovely wedding. They lived happily together for a long, long time."
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