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The Iron Stove

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original ¶1

In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.

v3 ¶1

Once, when wishes still came true, a prince was trapped by a wicked witch. She locked him inside a big iron stove deep in the woods. He lived there for a long time, and nobody could save him. Then, a princess got lost in the forest. She wandered around for nine days until she finally found the iron stove.

original ¶2

Then a voice came forth from it, and asked her, "Whence do you come, and whither are you going?" She answered, "I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again." Then a voice inside the iron stove said, "I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you."

v3 ¶2

Then a soft voice came out of the stove. It asked her, "Where are you going, and where do you come from?" She answered, "I have lost my father's kingdom, and I cannot find my way home." Then a kind voice inside the iron stove said, "I will help you get home again, and I will do it very quickly. But you must promise to do what I ask. I am the son of a very great king, and I want to marry you.

original ¶3

Then was she afraid, and thought, "Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, "You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron." Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, "Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it."

v3 ¶3

Then she felt very scared. She thought, "Oh no! What can I do with an iron stove?" But she really wanted to go home to her father. So, she promised to do what he asked. He told her, "You must come back here. Bring a knife and scrape a hole in the iron." Then, he gave her a friend to walk with her. The friend did not say a word. In just two hours, he took her safely home. There was so much joy in the castle when the king's daughter returned. The old king hugged her tight and kissed her forehead. She felt very sad, though. She said, "Dear father, I have been through so much. I would never have found my way out of the dark forest if I hadn't met the iron stove. But I promised to go back to it. I have to set it free and marry it.

original ¶4

Then the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, "It seems to me it is day outside." Then she answered, "It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill." "So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here."

v3 ¶4

The old king was so scared that he almost fainted. He only had one daughter. So, they decided to send the miller's daughter instead. She was very pretty. They took her to the castle and gave her a knife. They told her to scrape the iron stove. She scraped for a long, long time, but she could not make a single chip fall off. When the sun came up, a voice spoke from the stove. "It looks like it is daytime outside," the voice said. She answered, "It looks like it is daytime to me too. I think I can hear my father's mill." "So you are the miller's daughter," the voice said. "Then go home at once, and let the king's daughter come here.

original ¶5

Then she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, "It seems to me it is day outside." Then answered she, "So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing." "Then you are a swineherd's daughter. Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another."

v3 ¶5

Then she ran away at once. She told the old king that the man outside wanted the king's daughter. The old king felt very scared. The daughter cried, too. But there was a girl who tended the pigs. She was even prettier than the miller's daughter. The king decided to send her to the iron stove instead. They gave her a piece of gold to go. She had to work very hard for twenty-four hours. She was not very good at it. When the sun came up, a voice inside the stove called out, "It looks like it is day outside." She answered, "It looks like it is day to me, too. I think I hear my father's horn blowing." "Then you are a swineherd's daughter.

original ¶6

When the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.

v3 ¶6

Go away right now," the voice said. "Tell the King's daughter to come. Tell her that everything must be done just like we promised. If she does not come, everything in the kingdom will be ruined. The ground will shake, and not one stone will be left standing on another.

original ¶7

Then said he, "You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me." He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.

v3 ¶7

When the princess heard the sad news, she started to cry. But she knew she had to keep her promise. So she said goodbye to her father. She put a small knife in her pocket and walked to the iron stove in the forest. When she arrived, she began to scrape the metal. After two hours, she had made a small hole. She looked inside and saw a handsome prince. He was shining with gold and pretty jewels. Her heart felt so happy. She kept scraping until the hole was big enough for him to come out.

original ¶8

For nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, "Ah, whither have I come?" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver. Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, "Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without."

v3 ¶8

Then he said, "You are mine, and I am yours. You are my bride, and I am free." He wanted to take her to his home, but she asked to visit her father first. The prince agreed, but she could only speak three words to him. After that, she had to come back. So she went home, but she talked for a long time. Suddenly, the iron stove vanished! It flew far away over glass mountains and sharp swords. But the prince was safe and free. After this, she said goodbye to her father. She took a little money and went back to the big forest to find the stove, but it was nowhere to be seen.

original ¶9

And a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, "Where have you come from, and whither are you going?" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, "Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box."

v3 ¶9

For nine days she looked for it. Then her hunger grew so big that she did not know what to do. She had nothing to eat. When evening came, she sat in a small tree. She decided to sleep there, because she was afraid of wild animals. When midnight came, she saw a small light in the distance. She thought, "Ah, I will be safe there." She climbed down and walked toward the light. On the way, she said a little prayer. Then she saw a little old house. Lots of grass had grown all around it. A small pile of wood was in front of the door. She thought, "Where have I come to?" She looked through the window, but she saw nothing inside except toads, big and little. There was a table covered with wine and roast meat. The plates and glasses were made of silver.

original ¶10

Then the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.

v3 ¶10

Then she took a deep breath and knocked on the door. The fat toad opened it right away. He called out in a loud voice, "Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is outside!

original ¶11

Then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.

v3 ¶11

A little toad hopped by and opened the door for her. When she walked inside, everyone was very kind and made her sit down. They asked, "Where did you come from, and where are you going?" She told them her sad story. She said, "Because I spoke too much, the stove and the prince disappeared. Now I must search over the hills and valleys until I find him." Then the old, round toad said, "Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.

original ¶12

In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, "It is not a dress for a servant-girl." "No," she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.

v3 ¶12

Then the little one went and brought the box. After this, they gave her some meat and drink. They took her to a soft, cozy bed that felt like silk and velvet. She laid herself down in it and fell fast asleep. When morning came, she got up. The old toad gave her three shiny needles from the big box. She had to take them with her. She needed them because she had to climb a high glass mountain. She also had to walk over three sharp swords and cross a big, blue lake. If she did all of this, she would get her true love back again.

original ¶13

When it was evening she said to her bridegroom, "That silly girl will sleep in your room." "If you are willing, so am I," said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, "I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me." The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.

v3 ¶13

Then she gave him three special things to keep safe: three big needles, a wooden wheel, and three nuts. With these, she walked on. When she came to the slippery glass mountain, she stuck the needles behind her feet and then in front of them. This helped her climb over it. Once she was safe on the other side, she hid them in a secret spot. Next, she came to three sharp swords. She sat on her wooden wheel and rolled right over them. Finally, she reached a big, beautiful lake. After she crossed it, she saw a huge castle. She went inside and asked for a job, saying she was a poor girl who needed help.

original ¶14

And the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, "I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me." The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.

v3 ¶14

She knew, though, that the kind prince she had helped was inside the castle. She went to work there as a helper, but she earned very little money. The prince, however, had a new friend. He wanted to marry her, because he thought she had been gone for a long time.

original ¶15

And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, "Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest" - the king's son leapt up and said, "You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours."

v3 ¶15

In the evening, after she had washed up, she felt in her pocket. She found the three nuts the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth and was going to eat the kernel inside. But suddenly, a beautiful royal dress appeared in her hand! When the bride heard about the dress, she came to ask for it. She wanted to buy it and said, "That is not a dress for a servant girl." "No," she said, she would not sell it. But she had one special request. She asked if she could sleep one night in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride agreed because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.

original ¶16

Thereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers. But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done.

v3 ¶16

When evening came, she said to her new husband, "That silly girl will sleep in your room." "If you are okay with that, so am I," he said. But she gave him a cup of wine with a little bit of sleeping powder in it. So, the husband and the kitchen helper went to sleep in the room. He slept so soundly that she could not wake him up. She cried the whole night and said, "I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the wild forest. I looked for you, and I walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a big lake before I found you. And yet, you will not listen to me." The servants sat by the bedroom door and heard her cry all night long. In the morning, they told their lord what had happened.

original

v3 ¶17

The next evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the second nut. Inside was a much prettier dress. The bride saw it and really wanted to buy it. But the girl did not want any money. She asked if she could sleep in the groom’s room again. The bride gave him a special sleepy juice. He drank it and fell into a deep sleep. He could not hear a thing. But the kitchen maid cried all night long. She sobbed, "I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the woods. I looked for you. I walked over a glass mountain and over three sharp swords and a big lake to find you. But you won't listen to me." The servants sat by the door and heard her crying all night. In the morning, they told their master what happened.

original

v3 ¶18

On the third evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the third nut. Inside was a dress that shone like pure gold. The bride wanted it, but the maiden gave it to her only if she could sleep in the prince's room one last time. The prince was very careful. He hid the sleepy medicine. When she started to cry and say, "My true love, I set you free from the scary iron stove in the dark forest," the prince jumped up. He smiled and said, "You are the real one. You are mine, and I am yours.

original

v3 ¶19

Then, while it was still dark, he got into the carriage with her. They took away the false bride's clothes so she could not get up. When they came to the big lake, they sailed across it. When they reached the three sharp swords, they sat on the plow-wheel. When they got to the glass mountain, they stuck the three needles in it. At last, they got to the little old house. But when they went inside, it was a big castle! The toads were all happy again, and they were really princesses. Then they had a big wedding. The prince and the princess stayed in the castle, which was much bigger than their parents' castle.

original

v3 ¶20

But the old king felt very sad being all alone. So, kind people took him to live with them. Now they had two kingdoms, and they lived happily together. A little mouse ran by. This story is done.

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"In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.",
"Then a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"",
"Then was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"",
"Then the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"",
"Then she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter. Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"",
"When the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.",
"Then said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.",
"For nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver. Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"",
"And a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.",
"Then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.",
"In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.",
"And the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.",
"And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"",
"Thereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers. But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done."
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"body_text": "In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.\n\nThen a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"\n\nThen was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"\n\nThen the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"\n\nThen she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter. Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"\n\nWhen the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.\n\nThen said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.\n\nFor nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver. Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"\n\nAnd a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"\n\nThen the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.\n\nThen she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.\n\nIn the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.\n\nWhen it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.\n\nAnd the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.\n\nAnd on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"\n\nThereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers. But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done.",
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"In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.",
"Then a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"",
"Then was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"",
"Then the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"",
"Then she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter. Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"",
"When the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.",
"Then said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.",
"For nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver. Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"",
"And a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.",
"Then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.",
"In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.",
"And the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.",
"And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"",
"Thereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers. But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done."
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"clean_text": "In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.\n\nThen a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"\n\nThen was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"\n\nThen the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"\n\nThen she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter. Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"\n\nWhen the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.\n\nThen said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.\n\nFor nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver. Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"\n\nAnd a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"\n\nThen the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.\n\nThen she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.\n\nIn the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.\n\nWhen it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.\n\nAnd the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.\n\nAnd on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"\n\nThereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers. But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done.",
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"In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.",
"Then a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"",
"Then was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"",
"Then the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"",
"Then she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter.",
"Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"",
"When the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.",
"Then said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.",
"For nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver.",
"Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"",
"And a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.",
"Then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired.",
"She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.",
"In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.",
"And the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.",
"And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"",
"Thereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers.",
"But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done."
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"In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.",
"Then a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"",
"Then was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"",
"Then the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"",
"Then she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter. Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"",
"When the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.",
"Then said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.",
"For nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver. Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"",
"And a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.",
"Then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.",
"In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.",
"And the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.",
"And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"",
"Thereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers. But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done."
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But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"\n\nThen the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"\n\nThen she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter. Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"\n\nWhen the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.\n\nThen said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.\n\nFor nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver. Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"\n\nAnd a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"\n\nThen the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.\n\nThen she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired. She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.\n\nIn the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.\n\nWhen it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.\n\nAnd the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.\n\nAnd on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"\n\nThereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers. But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done.",
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"Then a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"",
"Then was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"",
"Then the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"",
"Then she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter.",
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"When the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.",
"Then said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.",
"For nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver.",
"Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"",
"And a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.",
"Then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired.",
"She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.",
"In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.",
"And the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.",
"And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"",
"Thereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers.",
"But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done."
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"In the days when wishing was still of some use, a king's son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could rescue him. Then a king's daughter came into the forest, who had lost herself, and could not find her father's kingdom again. After she had wandered about for nine days, she at length came to the iron stove.",
"Then a voice came forth from it, and asked her, \"Whence do you come, and whither are you going?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and cannot get home again.\" Then a voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you to get home again, and that indeed most swiftly, if you will promise to do what I desire of you. I am the son of a far greater king than your father, and I will marry you.\"",
"Then was she afraid, and thought, \"Good heavens. What can I do with an iron stove?\" But as she much wished to get home to her father, she promised to do as he desired. But he said, \"You shall return here, and bring a knife with you, and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then he gave her a companion who walked near her, but did not speak, and in two hours he took her home. There was great joy in the castle when the king's daughter came home, and the old king fell on her neck and kissed her. She, however, was sorely troubled, and said, \"Dear father, what I have suffered. I should never have got home again from the great wild forest, if I had not come to an iron stove, but I have been forced to give my word that I will go back to it, set it free, and marry it.\"",
"Then the old king was so terrified that he all but fainted, for he had but this one daughter. They therefore resolved they would send, in her place, the miller's daughter, who was very beautiful. They took her there, gave her a knife, and said she was to scrape at the iron stove. So she scraped at it for four-and-twenty hours, but could not bring off the least morsel of it. When the day dawned, a voice in the stove said, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then she answered, \"It seems so to me too, I fancy I hear the noise of my father's mill.\" \"So you are a miller's daughter. Then go your way at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\"",
"Then she went away at once, and told the old king that the man outside there would have none of her - he wanted the king's daughter. Then the old king grew frightened, and the daughter wept. But there was a swine-herd's daughter, who was even prettier than the miller's daughter, and they determined to give her a piece of gold to go to the iron stove instead of the king's daughter. So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours. She, however, was no better at it. When the day broke, a voice inside the stove cried, \"It seems to me it is day outside.\" Then answered she, \"So it seems to me also, I fancy I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter.",
"Go away at once, and tell the king's daughter to come, and tell her all must be done as promised, and if she does not come, everything in the kingdom shall be ruined and destroyed, and not one stone be left standing on another.\"",
"When the king's daughter heard that she began to weep, but now there was nothing for it but to keep her promise. So she took leave of her father, put a knife in her pocket, and went forth to the iron stove in the forest. When she got there, she began to scrape, and the iron gave way, and when two hours were over, she had already scraped a small hole. Then she peeped in, and saw a youth so handsome, and so brilliant with gold and with precious jewels, that her very soul was delighted. So she went on scraping, and made the hole so large that he was able to get out.",
"Then said he, \"You are mine, and I am yours, you are my bride, and have released me.\" He wanted to take her away with him to his kingdom, but she entreated him to let her go once again to her father, and the king's son allowed her to do so, but she was not to say more to her father than three words, and then she was to come back again. So she went home, but she spoke more than three words, and instantly the iron stove disappeared, and was taken far away over glass mountains and piercing swords, but the king's son was set free, and no longer shut up in it. After this she bade good-bye to her father, took some money with her, but not much, and went back to the great forest, and looked for the iron stove, but it was nowhere to be found.",
"For nine days she sought it, and then her hunger grew so great that she did not know what to do, for she had nothing to live on. When it was evening, she seated herself in a small tree, and made up her mind to spend the night there, as she was afraid of wild beasts. When midnight drew near she saw in the distance a small light, and thought, ah, there I should be saved. She got down from the tree, and went towards the light, but on the way she prayed. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it. She thought, \"Ah, whither have I come?\" and peeped in through the window, but she saw nothing inside but toads, big and little, except a table covered with wine and roast meat, and the plates and glasses were of silver.",
"Then she took courage, and knocked at the door, and immediately the fat toad cried, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is without.\"",
"And a small toad came walking by and opened the door to her. When she entered, they all bade her welcome, and she was forced to sit down. They asked, \"Where have you come from, and whither are you going?\" Then she related all that had befallen her, and how because she had transgressed the order which had been given her not to say more than three words, the stove, and the king's son also, had disappeared, and now she was about to seek him over the hill and dale until she found him. Then the old fat one said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\"",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this they gave her meat and drink, and took her to a well-made bed, which felt like silk and velvet, and she laid herself therein, in God's name, and slept. When morning came she arose, and the old toad gave her three needles out of the great box which she was to take with her, they would be needed by her, for she had to cross a high glass mountain, and go over three piercing swords and a great lake. If she did all this she would get her lover back again.",
"Then she gave her three things, which she was to take the greatest care of, namely, three large needles, a plough-wheel, and three nuts. With these she traveled onwards, and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery, she stuck the three needles first behind her feet and then before them, and so got over it, and when she was over it, she hid them in a place which she marked carefully. After this she came to the three piercing swords, and then she seated herslef on her plough-wheel, and rolled over them. At last she arrived in front of a great lake, and when she had crossed it, she came to a large and beautiful castle. She went and asked for a place, she was a poor girl, she said, and would like to be hired.",
"She knew, however, that the king's son whom she had released from the iron stove in the great forest was in the castle. Then she was taken as a scullery-maid at low wages. But already the king's son had another maiden by his side whom he wanted to marry, for he thought that she had long been dead.",
"In the evening, when she had washed up and was done, she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth, and was going to eat the kernel when lo and behold there was a stately royal garment in it. But when the bride heard of this she came and asked for the dress, and wanted to buy it, and said, \"It is not a dress for a servant-girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it, but if the bride would grant her one thing she should have it, and that was permission to sleep one night in her bridegroom's chamber. The bride gave her permission because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When it was evening she said to her bridegroom, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are willing, so am I,\" said he. She, however, gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught. So the bridegroom and the scullery-maid went to sleep in the room, and he slept so soundly that she could not waken him. She wept the whole night and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door, and heard how she thus wept the whole night through, and in the morning they told it to their lord.",
"And the next evening when she had washed up, she opened the second nut, and a far more beautiful dress was within it, and when the bride beheld it, she wished to buy that also. But the girl would not take money, and begged that she might once again sleep in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride, however, gave him a sleeping-draught, and he slept so soundly that he could hear nothing. But the scullery-maid wept the whole night long, and cried, \"I set you free when you were in an iron stove in the wild forest, I sought you, and walked over a glass mountain, and over three sharp swords and a great lake before I found you, and yet you will not hear me.\" The servants sat by the chamber-door and heard her weeping the whole night through, and in the morning informed their lord of it.",
"And on the third evening, when she had washed up, she opened the third nut, and within it was a still more beautiful dress which was stiff with pure gold. When the bride saw that she wanted to have it, but the maiden only gave it up on condition that she might for the third time sleep in the bridegroom's apartment. The king's son, however, was on his guard, and threw the sleeping-draught away. Now when she began to weep and to cry, \"Dearest love, I set you free when you were in the iron stove in the terrible wild forest\" - the king's son leapt up and said, \"You are the true one, you are mine, and I am yours.\"",
"Thereupon, while it was still night, he got into a carriage with her, and they took away the false bride's clothes so that she could not get up. When they came to the great lake, they sailed across it, and when they reached the three sharp-cutting swords they seated themselves on the plough-wheel, and when they got to the glass mountain they thrust the three needles in it, and so at length they got to the little old house, but when they went inside, it was a great castle, and the toads were all disenchanted, and were king's children, and full of happiness. Then the wedding was celebrated, and the king's son and the princess remained in the castle, which was much larger than the castle of their fathers.",
"But as the old king grieved at being left alone, they fetched him away, and brought him to live with them, and they had two kingdoms, and lived in happy wedlock. A mouse did run, This story is done."
],
"child_friendly_title": "The Iron Stove",
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"Once, when wishes still came true, a prince was trapped by a wicked witch. She locked him inside a big iron stove deep in the woods. He lived there for a long time, and nobody could save him. Then, a princess got lost in the forest. She wandered around for nine days until she finally found the iron stove.",
"Then a soft voice came out of the stove. It asked her, \"Where are you going, and where do you come from?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and I cannot find my way home.\" Then a kind voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you get home again, and I will do it very quickly. But you must promise to do what I ask. I am the son of a very great king, and I want to marry you.",
"Then she felt very scared. She thought, \"Oh no! What can I do with an iron stove?\" But she really wanted to go home to her father. So, she promised to do what he asked. He told her, \"You must come back here. Bring a knife and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then, he gave her a friend to walk with her. The friend did not say a word. In just two hours, he took her safely home.\n\nThere was so much joy in the castle when the king's daughter returned. The old king hugged her tight and kissed her forehead. She felt very sad, though. She said, \"Dear father, I have been through so much. I would never have found my way out of the dark forest if I hadn't met the iron stove. But I promised to go back to it. I have to set it free and marry it.",
"The old king was so scared that he almost fainted. He only had one daughter. So, they decided to send the miller's daughter instead. She was very pretty. They took her to the castle and gave her a knife. They told her to scrape the iron stove. She scraped for a long, long time, but she could not make a single chip fall off. When the sun came up, a voice spoke from the stove. \"It looks like it is daytime outside,\" the voice said. She answered, \"It looks like it is daytime to me too. I think I can hear my father's mill.\" \"So you are the miller's daughter,\" the voice said. \"Then go home at once, and let the king's daughter come here.",
"Then she ran away at once. She told the old king that the man outside wanted the king's daughter. The old king felt very scared. The daughter cried, too. But there was a girl who tended the pigs. She was even prettier than the miller's daughter. The king decided to send her to the iron stove instead. They gave her a piece of gold to go. She had to work very hard for twenty-four hours. She was not very good at it. When the sun came up, a voice inside the stove called out, \"It looks like it is day outside.\" She answered, \"It looks like it is day to me, too. I think I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter.",
"Go away right now,\" the voice said. \"Tell the King's daughter to come. Tell her that everything must be done just like we promised. If she does not come, everything in the kingdom will be ruined. The ground will shake, and not one stone will be left standing on another.",
"When the princess heard the sad news, she started to cry. But she knew she had to keep her promise. So she said goodbye to her father. She put a small knife in her pocket and walked to the iron stove in the forest. When she arrived, she began to scrape the metal. After two hours, she had made a small hole. She looked inside and saw a handsome prince. He was shining with gold and pretty jewels. Her heart felt so happy. She kept scraping until the hole was big enough for him to come out.",
"Then he said, \"You are mine, and I am yours. You are my bride, and I am free.\" He wanted to take her to his home, but she asked to visit her father first. The prince agreed, but she could only speak three words to him. After that, she had to come back. So she went home, but she talked for a long time. Suddenly, the iron stove vanished! It flew far away over glass mountains and sharp swords. But the prince was safe and free. After this, she said goodbye to her father. She took a little money and went back to the big forest to find the stove, but it was nowhere to be seen.",
"For nine days she looked for it. Then her hunger grew so big that she did not know what to do. She had nothing to eat. When evening came, she sat in a small tree. She decided to sleep there, because she was afraid of wild animals. When midnight came, she saw a small light in the distance. She thought, \"Ah, I will be safe there.\" She climbed down and walked toward the light. On the way, she said a little prayer. Then she saw a little old house. Lots of grass had grown all around it. A small pile of wood was in front of the door. She thought, \"Where have I come to?\" She looked through the window, but she saw nothing inside except toads, big and little. There was a table covered with wine and roast meat. The plates and glasses were made of silver.",
"Then she took a deep breath and knocked on the door. The fat toad opened it right away. He called out in a loud voice, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is outside!",
"A little toad hopped by and opened the door for her. When she walked inside, everyone was very kind and made her sit down. They asked, \"Where did you come from, and where are you going?\" She told them her sad story. She said, \"Because I spoke too much, the stove and the prince disappeared. Now I must search over the hills and valleys until I find him.\" Then the old, round toad said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this, they gave her some meat and drink. They took her to a soft, cozy bed that felt like silk and velvet. She laid herself down in it and fell fast asleep. When morning came, she got up. The old toad gave her three shiny needles from the big box. She had to take them with her. She needed them because she had to climb a high glass mountain. She also had to walk over three sharp swords and cross a big, blue lake. If she did all of this, she would get her true love back again.",
"Then she gave him three special things to keep safe: three big needles, a wooden wheel, and three nuts. With these, she walked on. When she came to the slippery glass mountain, she stuck the needles behind her feet and then in front of them. This helped her climb over it. Once she was safe on the other side, she hid them in a secret spot. Next, she came to three sharp swords. She sat on her wooden wheel and rolled right over them. Finally, she reached a big, beautiful lake. After she crossed it, she saw a huge castle. She went inside and asked for a job, saying she was a poor girl who needed help.",
"She knew, though, that the kind prince she had helped was inside the castle. She went to work there as a helper, but she earned very little money. The prince, however, had a new friend. He wanted to marry her, because he thought she had been gone for a long time.",
"In the evening, after she had washed up, she felt in her pocket. She found the three nuts the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth and was going to eat the kernel inside. But suddenly, a beautiful royal dress appeared in her hand! When the bride heard about the dress, she came to ask for it. She wanted to buy it and said, \"That is not a dress for a servant girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it. But she had one special request. She asked if she could sleep one night in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride agreed because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When evening came, she said to her new husband, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are okay with that, so am I,\" he said. But she gave him a cup of wine with a little bit of sleeping powder in it. So, the husband and the kitchen helper went to sleep in the room. He slept so soundly that she could not wake him up. She cried the whole night and said, \"I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the wild forest. I looked for you, and I walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a big lake before I found you. And yet, you will not listen to me.\" The servants sat by the bedroom door and heard her cry all night long. In the morning, they told their lord what had happened.",
"The next evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the second nut. Inside was a much prettier dress. The bride saw it and really wanted to buy it. But the girl did not want any money. She asked if she could sleep in the groom’s room again. The bride gave him a special sleepy juice. He drank it and fell into a deep sleep. He could not hear a thing. But the kitchen maid cried all night long. She sobbed, \"I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the woods. I looked for you. I walked over a glass mountain and over three sharp swords and a big lake to find you. But you won't listen to me.\" The servants sat by the door and heard her crying all night. In the morning, they told their master what happened.",
"On the third evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the third nut. Inside was a dress that shone like pure gold. The bride wanted it, but the maiden gave it to her only if she could sleep in the prince's room one last time. The prince was very careful. He hid the sleepy medicine. When she started to cry and say, \"My true love, I set you free from the scary iron stove in the dark forest,\" the prince jumped up. He smiled and said, \"You are the real one. You are mine, and I am yours.",
"Then, while it was still dark, he got into the carriage with her. They took away the false bride's clothes so she could not get up. When they came to the big lake, they sailed across it. When they reached the three sharp swords, they sat on the plow-wheel. When they got to the glass mountain, they stuck the three needles in it. At last, they got to the little old house. But when they went inside, it was a big castle! The toads were all happy again, and they were really princesses. Then they had a big wedding. The prince and the princess stayed in the castle, which was much bigger than their parents' castle.",
"But the old king felt very sad being all alone. So, kind people took him to live with them. Now they had two kingdoms, and they lived happily together. A little mouse ran by. This story is done."
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"child_friendly_text": "Once, when wishes still came true, a prince was trapped by a wicked witch. She locked him inside a big iron stove deep in the woods. He lived there for a long time, and nobody could save him. Then, a princess got lost in the forest. She wandered around for nine days until she finally found the iron stove.\n\nThen a soft voice came out of the stove. It asked her, \"Where are you going, and where do you come from?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and I cannot find my way home.\" Then a kind voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you get home again, and I will do it very quickly. But you must promise to do what I ask. I am the son of a very great king, and I want to marry you.\n\nThen she felt very scared. She thought, \"Oh no! What can I do with an iron stove?\" But she really wanted to go home to her father. So, she promised to do what he asked. He told her, \"You must come back here. Bring a knife and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then, he gave her a friend to walk with her. The friend did not say a word. In just two hours, he took her safely home.\n\nThere was so much joy in the castle when the king's daughter returned. The old king hugged her tight and kissed her forehead. She felt very sad, though. She said, \"Dear father, I have been through so much. I would never have found my way out of the dark forest if I hadn't met the iron stove. But I promised to go back to it. I have to set it free and marry it.\n\nThe old king was so scared that he almost fainted. He only had one daughter. So, they decided to send the miller's daughter instead. She was very pretty. They took her to the castle and gave her a knife. They told her to scrape the iron stove. She scraped for a long, long time, but she could not make a single chip fall off. When the sun came up, a voice spoke from the stove. \"It looks like it is daytime outside,\" the voice said. She answered, \"It looks like it is daytime to me too. I think I can hear my father's mill.\" \"So you are the miller's daughter,\" the voice said. \"Then go home at once, and let the king's daughter come here.\n\nThen she ran away at once. She told the old king that the man outside wanted the king's daughter. The old king felt very scared. The daughter cried, too. But there was a girl who tended the pigs. She was even prettier than the miller's daughter. The king decided to send her to the iron stove instead. They gave her a piece of gold to go. She had to work very hard for twenty-four hours. She was not very good at it. When the sun came up, a voice inside the stove called out, \"It looks like it is day outside.\" She answered, \"It looks like it is day to me, too. I think I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter.\n\nGo away right now,\" the voice said. \"Tell the King's daughter to come. Tell her that everything must be done just like we promised. If she does not come, everything in the kingdom will be ruined. The ground will shake, and not one stone will be left standing on another.\n\nWhen the princess heard the sad news, she started to cry. But she knew she had to keep her promise. So she said goodbye to her father. She put a small knife in her pocket and walked to the iron stove in the forest. When she arrived, she began to scrape the metal. After two hours, she had made a small hole. She looked inside and saw a handsome prince. He was shining with gold and pretty jewels. Her heart felt so happy. She kept scraping until the hole was big enough for him to come out.\n\nThen he said, \"You are mine, and I am yours. You are my bride, and I am free.\" He wanted to take her to his home, but she asked to visit her father first. The prince agreed, but she could only speak three words to him. After that, she had to come back. So she went home, but she talked for a long time. Suddenly, the iron stove vanished! It flew far away over glass mountains and sharp swords. But the prince was safe and free. After this, she said goodbye to her father. She took a little money and went back to the big forest to find the stove, but it was nowhere to be seen.\n\nFor nine days she looked for it. Then her hunger grew so big that she did not know what to do. She had nothing to eat. When evening came, she sat in a small tree. She decided to sleep there, because she was afraid of wild animals. When midnight came, she saw a small light in the distance. She thought, \"Ah, I will be safe there.\" She climbed down and walked toward the light. On the way, she said a little prayer. Then she saw a little old house. Lots of grass had grown all around it. A small pile of wood was in front of the door. She thought, \"Where have I come to?\" She looked through the window, but she saw nothing inside except toads, big and little. There was a table covered with wine and roast meat. The plates and glasses were made of silver.\n\nThen she took a deep breath and knocked on the door. The fat toad opened it right away. He called out in a loud voice, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is outside!\n\nA little toad hopped by and opened the door for her. When she walked inside, everyone was very kind and made her sit down. They asked, \"Where did you come from, and where are you going?\" She told them her sad story. She said, \"Because I spoke too much, the stove and the prince disappeared. Now I must search over the hills and valleys until I find him.\" Then the old, round toad said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.\n\nThen the little one went and brought the box. After this, they gave her some meat and drink. They took her to a soft, cozy bed that felt like silk and velvet. She laid herself down in it and fell fast asleep. When morning came, she got up. The old toad gave her three shiny needles from the big box. She had to take them with her. She needed them because she had to climb a high glass mountain. She also had to walk over three sharp swords and cross a big, blue lake. If she did all of this, she would get her true love back again.\n\nThen she gave him three special things to keep safe: three big needles, a wooden wheel, and three nuts. With these, she walked on. When she came to the slippery glass mountain, she stuck the needles behind her feet and then in front of them. This helped her climb over it. Once she was safe on the other side, she hid them in a secret spot. Next, she came to three sharp swords. She sat on her wooden wheel and rolled right over them. Finally, she reached a big, beautiful lake. After she crossed it, she saw a huge castle. She went inside and asked for a job, saying she was a poor girl who needed help.\n\nShe knew, though, that the kind prince she had helped was inside the castle. She went to work there as a helper, but she earned very little money. The prince, however, had a new friend. He wanted to marry her, because he thought she had been gone for a long time.\n\nIn the evening, after she had washed up, she felt in her pocket. She found the three nuts the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth and was going to eat the kernel inside. But suddenly, a beautiful royal dress appeared in her hand! When the bride heard about the dress, she came to ask for it. She wanted to buy it and said, \"That is not a dress for a servant girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it. But she had one special request. She asked if she could sleep one night in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride agreed because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.\n\nWhen evening came, she said to her new husband, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are okay with that, so am I,\" he said. But she gave him a cup of wine with a little bit of sleeping powder in it. So, the husband and the kitchen helper went to sleep in the room. He slept so soundly that she could not wake him up. She cried the whole night and said, \"I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the wild forest. I looked for you, and I walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a big lake before I found you. And yet, you will not listen to me.\" The servants sat by the bedroom door and heard her cry all night long. In the morning, they told their lord what had happened.\n\nThe next evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the second nut. Inside was a much prettier dress. The bride saw it and really wanted to buy it. But the girl did not want any money. She asked if she could sleep in the groom’s room again. The bride gave him a special sleepy juice. He drank it and fell into a deep sleep. He could not hear a thing. But the kitchen maid cried all night long. She sobbed, \"I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the woods. I looked for you. I walked over a glass mountain and over three sharp swords and a big lake to find you. But you won't listen to me.\" The servants sat by the door and heard her crying all night. In the morning, they told their master what happened.\n\nOn the third evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the third nut. Inside was a dress that shone like pure gold. The bride wanted it, but the maiden gave it to her only if she could sleep in the prince's room one last time. The prince was very careful. He hid the sleepy medicine. When she started to cry and say, \"My true love, I set you free from the scary iron stove in the dark forest,\" the prince jumped up. He smiled and said, \"You are the real one. You are mine, and I am yours.\n\nThen, while it was still dark, he got into the carriage with her. They took away the false bride's clothes so she could not get up. When they came to the big lake, they sailed across it. When they reached the three sharp swords, they sat on the plow-wheel. When they got to the glass mountain, they stuck the three needles in it. At last, they got to the little old house. But when they went inside, it was a big castle! The toads were all happy again, and they were really princesses. Then they had a big wedding. The prince and the princess stayed in the castle, which was much bigger than their parents' castle.\n\nBut the old king felt very sad being all alone. So, kind people took him to live with them. Now they had two kingdoms, and they lived happily together. A little mouse ran by. This story is done.",
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"Once, when wishes still came true, a prince was trapped by a wicked witch. She locked him inside a big iron stove deep in the woods. He lived there for a long time, and nobody could save him. Then, a princess got lost in the forest. She wandered around for nine days until she finally found the iron stove.",
"Then a soft voice came out of the stove. It asked her, \"Where are you going, and where do you come from?\" She answered, \"I have lost my father's kingdom, and I cannot find my way home.\" Then a kind voice inside the iron stove said, \"I will help you get home again, and I will do it very quickly. But you must promise to do what I ask. I am the son of a very great king, and I want to marry you.",
"Then she felt very scared. She thought, \"Oh no! What can I do with an iron stove?\" But she really wanted to go home to her father. So, she promised to do what he asked. He told her, \"You must come back here. Bring a knife and scrape a hole in the iron.\" Then, he gave her a friend to walk with her. The friend did not say a word. In just two hours, he took her safely home.\n\nThere was so much joy in the castle when the king's daughter returned. The old king hugged her tight and kissed her forehead. She felt very sad, though. She said, \"Dear father, I have been through so much. I would never have found my way out of the dark forest if I hadn't met the iron stove. But I promised to go back to it. I have to set it free and marry it.",
"The old king was so scared that he almost fainted. He only had one daughter. So, they decided to send the miller's daughter instead. She was very pretty. They took her to the castle and gave her a knife. They told her to scrape the iron stove. She scraped for a long, long time, but she could not make a single chip fall off. When the sun came up, a voice spoke from the stove. \"It looks like it is daytime outside,\" the voice said. She answered, \"It looks like it is daytime to me too. I think I can hear my father's mill.\" \"So you are the miller's daughter,\" the voice said. \"Then go home at once, and let the king's daughter come here.",
"Then she ran away at once. She told the old king that the man outside wanted the king's daughter. The old king felt very scared. The daughter cried, too. But there was a girl who tended the pigs. She was even prettier than the miller's daughter. The king decided to send her to the iron stove instead. They gave her a piece of gold to go. She had to work very hard for twenty-four hours. She was not very good at it. When the sun came up, a voice inside the stove called out, \"It looks like it is day outside.\" She answered, \"It looks like it is day to me, too. I think I hear my father's horn blowing.\" \"Then you are a swineherd's daughter.",
"Go away right now,\" the voice said. \"Tell the King's daughter to come. Tell her that everything must be done just like we promised. If she does not come, everything in the kingdom will be ruined. The ground will shake, and not one stone will be left standing on another.",
"When the princess heard the sad news, she started to cry. But she knew she had to keep her promise. So she said goodbye to her father. She put a small knife in her pocket and walked to the iron stove in the forest. When she arrived, she began to scrape the metal. After two hours, she had made a small hole. She looked inside and saw a handsome prince. He was shining with gold and pretty jewels. Her heart felt so happy. She kept scraping until the hole was big enough for him to come out.",
"Then he said, \"You are mine, and I am yours. You are my bride, and I am free.\" He wanted to take her to his home, but she asked to visit her father first. The prince agreed, but she could only speak three words to him. After that, she had to come back. So she went home, but she talked for a long time. Suddenly, the iron stove vanished! It flew far away over glass mountains and sharp swords. But the prince was safe and free. After this, she said goodbye to her father. She took a little money and went back to the big forest to find the stove, but it was nowhere to be seen.",
"For nine days she looked for it. Then her hunger grew so big that she did not know what to do. She had nothing to eat. When evening came, she sat in a small tree. She decided to sleep there, because she was afraid of wild animals. When midnight came, she saw a small light in the distance. She thought, \"Ah, I will be safe there.\" She climbed down and walked toward the light. On the way, she said a little prayer. Then she saw a little old house. Lots of grass had grown all around it. A small pile of wood was in front of the door. She thought, \"Where have I come to?\" She looked through the window, but she saw nothing inside except toads, big and little. There was a table covered with wine and roast meat. The plates and glasses were made of silver.",
"Then she took a deep breath and knocked on the door. The fat toad opened it right away. He called out in a loud voice, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And quickly see who is outside!",
"A little toad hopped by and opened the door for her. When she walked inside, everyone was very kind and made her sit down. They asked, \"Where did you come from, and where are you going?\" She told them her sad story. She said, \"Because I spoke too much, the stove and the prince disappeared. Now I must search over the hills and valleys until I find him.\" Then the old, round toad said, \"Little green waiting-maid, Waiting-maid with the limping leg, Little dog of the limping leg, Hop hither and thither, And bring me the great box.",
"Then the little one went and brought the box. After this, they gave her some meat and drink. They took her to a soft, cozy bed that felt like silk and velvet. She laid herself down in it and fell fast asleep. When morning came, she got up. The old toad gave her three shiny needles from the big box. She had to take them with her. She needed them because she had to climb a high glass mountain. She also had to walk over three sharp swords and cross a big, blue lake. If she did all of this, she would get her true love back again.",
"Then she gave him three special things to keep safe: three big needles, a wooden wheel, and three nuts. With these, she walked on. When she came to the slippery glass mountain, she stuck the needles behind her feet and then in front of them. This helped her climb over it. Once she was safe on the other side, she hid them in a secret spot. Next, she came to three sharp swords. She sat on her wooden wheel and rolled right over them. Finally, she reached a big, beautiful lake. After she crossed it, she saw a huge castle. She went inside and asked for a job, saying she was a poor girl who needed help.",
"She knew, though, that the kind prince she had helped was inside the castle. She went to work there as a helper, but she earned very little money. The prince, however, had a new friend. He wanted to marry her, because he thought she had been gone for a long time.",
"In the evening, after she had washed up, she felt in her pocket. She found the three nuts the old toad had given her. She cracked one with her teeth and was going to eat the kernel inside. But suddenly, a beautiful royal dress appeared in her hand! When the bride heard about the dress, she came to ask for it. She wanted to buy it and said, \"That is not a dress for a servant girl.\" \"No,\" she said, she would not sell it. But she had one special request. She asked if she could sleep one night in the bridegroom's chamber. The bride agreed because the dress was so pretty, and she had never had one like it.",
"When evening came, she said to her new husband, \"That silly girl will sleep in your room.\" \"If you are okay with that, so am I,\" he said. But she gave him a cup of wine with a little bit of sleeping powder in it. So, the husband and the kitchen helper went to sleep in the room. He slept so soundly that she could not wake him up. She cried the whole night and said, \"I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the wild forest. I looked for you, and I walked over a glass mountain, and three sharp swords, and a big lake before I found you. And yet, you will not listen to me.\" The servants sat by the bedroom door and heard her cry all night long. In the morning, they told their lord what had happened.",
"The next evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the second nut. Inside was a much prettier dress. The bride saw it and really wanted to buy it. But the girl did not want any money. She asked if she could sleep in the groom’s room again. The bride gave him a special sleepy juice. He drank it and fell into a deep sleep. He could not hear a thing. But the kitchen maid cried all night long. She sobbed, \"I set you free when you were stuck in an iron stove in the woods. I looked for you. I walked over a glass mountain and over three sharp swords and a big lake to find you. But you won't listen to me.\" The servants sat by the door and heard her crying all night. In the morning, they told their master what happened.",
"On the third evening, after she finished her chores, she opened the third nut. Inside was a dress that shone like pure gold. The bride wanted it, but the maiden gave it to her only if she could sleep in the prince's room one last time. The prince was very careful. He hid the sleepy medicine. When she started to cry and say, \"My true love, I set you free from the scary iron stove in the dark forest,\" the prince jumped up. He smiled and said, \"You are the real one. You are mine, and I am yours.",
"Then, while it was still dark, he got into the carriage with her. They took away the false bride's clothes so she could not get up. When they came to the big lake, they sailed across it. When they reached the three sharp swords, they sat on the plow-wheel. When they got to the glass mountain, they stuck the three needles in it. At last, they got to the little old house. But when they went inside, it was a big castle! The toads were all happy again, and they were really princesses. Then they had a big wedding. The prince and the princess stayed in the castle, which was much bigger than their parents' castle.",
"But the old king felt very sad being all alone. So, kind people took him to live with them. Now they had two kingdoms, and they lived happily together. A little mouse ran by. This story is done."
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