C'era una volta un re, ma dove regnò e quello che è stato chiamato, non lo so. Non aveva il figlio, ma l'unica figlia che era sempre stato malato, e nessun medico era stato in grado di curarla. Poi è stato predetto al Re che sua figlia dovrebbe mangiare se stessa e con una mela. Così ha ordinato di essere proclamato in tutta il suo regno, che chi ha portato la figlia di una mela con cui si poteva mangiare bene, dovrebbe averla per moglie, e di essere il re. Questo divenne noto a un contadino che aveva tre figli, e disse al più anziano, "Andate in giardino e prendere una cesta di quelle belle mele con le guance rosse e li portano al tribunale, forse la figlia del Re sarà in grado a mangiare se stessa bene con loro, e poi tu sposarla e di diventare re. "Il ragazzo ha fatto così, e partì.
Quando si era recato per un breve tratto incontrò un uomo di ferro po 'che gli chiese cosa avesse lì nel cesto, a cui rispose Uele, così era lui chiamato, "cosce di rana." Su questo l'omino disse: "Bene, così sarà, e restare," e se ne andò. Finalmente Uele arrivò al palazzo, e ha fatto sapere che aveva portato le mele che curare la figlia del re, se li mangiava. Questo ha deliziato il re enormemente, e fece Uele per essere portato davanti a lui; ma, ahimè! quando aprì il cesto, invece di avere mele in esso aveva le cosce di rana che erano ancora calci circa. Su questo il re si arrabbiò, e lo aveva cacciato di casa. Quando arrivò a casa disse a suo padre come era andata con lui. Allora il padre mandò il figlio successivo, che fu chiamato Seame, ma tutto è andato con lui proprio come era andato con Uele. Ha anche incontrato l'uomo di ferro piccolo, che ha chiesto cosa aveva lì nel cestino. Seame ha detto, "setole di maiale," e l'uomo di ferro, ha detto, "bene, così sarà, e restare." Quando Seame avuto modo di palazzo del re e disse che portò le mele con il quale la figlia del re poteva mangiare bene se stessa, non volevano lasciarlo andare in, e ha detto che un collega era già stato lì, e li aveva trattati come se fossero sciocchi. Seame, tuttavia, sostenuto che certamente aveva le mele, e che avrebbero dovuto lasciarlo andare in. Alla fine lo hanno creduto, e lo ha portato al re. Ma quando ha scoperto il cesto, ma aveva setole di maiale. Questo fece infuriare il re più terribile, così fece Seame essere sbattuto fuori di casa.
Quando arrivò a casa raccontò tutto quello che gli era accaduto, poi il ragazzo più giovane, il cui nome era Hans, ma che è stato sempre chiamato Stupido Hans, venne e chiese a suo padre se poteva andare con alcune mele. "Oh!" disse il padre, "tu vuoi essere proprio il compagno giusto per una cosa del genere! Se i furbi non possono gestire, che cosa puoi tu fare?" Il ragazzo, però, non lo credeva, e disse: "In effetti, il padre, voglio andare." - "Solo scappare, tu stupido compagno, tu devi aspettare tu sei più saggio," disse il padre di questo, e voltò le spalle. Hans, però, tirò sul retro del suo camiciotto e disse: "In effetti, il padre, voglio andare." - "Bene, allora, per quanto mi riguarda tu puoi andare, ma tu vuoi venire presto a casa!" rispose il vecchio con voce dispettosa. Il ragazzo, però, era tremendamente felice e saltò di gioia. "Be ', agiscono come un pazzo! Tu growest più stupido ogni giorno!" ha detto ancora il padre. Hans, tuttavia, non si curava di questo, e non lasciare che rovinare il suo piacere, ma come era notte, allora, pensò che tanto valeva aspettare fino a domani, perché non poteva andare in tribunale quel giorno. Per tutta la notte non riusciva a dormire nel suo letto, e se ha fatto sonnecchiare per un momento, ha sognato di belle fanciulle, di palazzi, di oro e di argento, e tutti i tipi di cose di questo genere. Al mattino presto, è andato avanti per la sua strada, e subito dopo, il piccolo uomo squallido aspetto nei suoi vestiti di ferro, venne da lui e gli chiese cosa portava nel cestino. Hans gli ha dato la risposta che portava mele con cui la figlia del re era quello di mangiare bene se stessa. "Allora," disse il piccolo uomo ," così si eserciteranno essere, e rimanere." Ma alla corte avrebbero nessuno di loro lascia andare a Hans, perché dicevano due erano già stati lì che aveva detto loro che stavano portando mele, e uno di loro aveva "le gambe, e gli altri maiale 'rane setole. Hans, invece, risolutamente sostenuto che egli certamente non aveva le gambe di rana, ma alcune delle più belle mele in tutto il regno. Mentre parlava così piacevolmente, il portinaio ha pensato che non poteva essere raccontando una bugia, e gli chiese di andare in, e aveva ragione, perché quando Hans scoperto il suo cesto in presenza del re, mele giallo oro venuto tumbling out. Il re era felice, e ha causato alcuni di loro da adottare a sua figlia, e poi abbiamo aspettato in trepida attesa fino notizie dovrebbe essere portato a lui l'effetto che avevano. Ma prima era passato molto tempo da, notizia è stato portato a lui: ma chi credi che fosse venuto? era sua figlia se stessa! Appena aveva mangiato di quelle mele, è stata curata, e balzò fuori dal suo letto. La gioia del re sentiva non si può descrivere! ma ora non voleva dare sua figlia in sposa a Hans, e ha detto che deve prima di lui una barca che sarebbe andato più veloce sulla terra ferma che in acqua fare. Hans accettato le condizioni, e andò a casa, e raccontò come era andata con lui. Allora il padre mandò Uele nella foresta per fare una barca di questo tipo. Ha lavorato con diligenza, e fischiava tutto il tempo. A mezzogiorno, quando il sole era al massimo, è venuto l'omino di ferro e gli chiese cosa stava facendo? Uele gli ha dato per la risposta, "Ciotole di legno per la cucina." L'uomo di ferro, ha detto, "Così deve essere, e rimanere." A sera Uele pensato che aveva reso la barca, ma quando voleva entrare in esso, non aveva nulla, ma ciotole di legno. Il giorno successivo Seame andò nella foresta, ma tutto è andato con lui proprio come aveva fatto con Uele. Il terzo giorno Hans Stupidi andato. Ha lavorato via più alacremente, in modo che tutta la foresta risuonava con i colpi pesanti, e per tutto il tempo cantava e fischiettava allegramente a destra. A metà giornata, quando era il più caldo, il piccolo uomo è venuto di nuovo, e ha chiesto che cosa stava facendo? "Una barca che andrà più veloce sulla terra ferma che in acqua," rispose Hans, "e quando ho finito, io sono di avere la figlia del re per mia moglie." - "Bene," disse il piccolo uomo ," un tale one2 deve essere, e rimanere." La sera, quando il sole si era trasformato in oro, Hans finì la sua barca, e tutto ciò che è stato voluto f o. Si alzò in esso e remato al palazzo. La barca è andato più rapidamente il vento. Il re lo vide da lontano, ma non avrebbe dato sua figlia Hans ancora, e ha detto che deve prima prendere un centinaio di lepri al pascolo dalla mattina presto fino a tarda sera, e se uno di loro si via, non dovrebbe avere sua figlia . Hans era contentò di questo, e il giorno dopo è andato con il suo gregge al pascolo, e si è preso molta cura che nessuno di loro è scappata.
Prima di molte ore erano passate è venuto un servo dal palazzo, e ha detto Hans che lui le deve dare una lepre immediatamente, per alcuni visitatori erano venuti inaspettatamente. Hans, però, era molto bene cosa volesse dire, e disse che non avrebbe dato il suo unico; il Re potrebbe impostare una minestra lepre prima del suo ospite il giorno successivo. La cameriera, però, non avrebbe creduto nel suo rifiuto, e alla fine cominciò ad arrabbiarsi con lui. Poi Hans ha detto che se la figlia del re si è venuto, lui le avrebbe dato una lepre. La cameriera ha detto questo nel palazzo, e la figlia ha fatto andare lei stessa. Nel frattempo, però, il piccolo uomo venne di nuovo a Hans, e gli chiese che cosa stesse facendo lì? Ha detto che doveva vegliare su un centinaio di lepri e vedere che nessuno di loro corse away3, e allora potrebbe sposare la figlia del re e di essere re. "Bene," disse il piccolo uomo, "c'è un fischio per te, e se uno di loro corre via, basta fischiare con esso, e poi tornerà di nuovo." Quando la figlia del re è venuto, Hans ha dato una lepre in grembiule; ma quando lei era andata a un centinaio di passi con esso, lui fischiò, e la lepre saltò fuori dal grembiule, e prima che potesse girarsi è tornato al gregge di nuovo. Quando venne la sera la lepre-branco fischiò di nuovo, e guardò per vedere se tutti erano lì, e poi li portò al palazzo. Il re chiese come Hans era riuscito a prendere un centinaio di lepri a pascolare senza perdere nessuno di loro; egli, però, non gli ancora dare sua figlia, e ha detto che ora deve portargli una piuma dalla coda del Griffin. Hans esposto in una sola volta, e andò dritto in avanti. La sera giunse a un castello, e ci ha chiesto per l'alloggio di una notte, perché in quel momento non c'erano locande. Il signore del castello gli promise che con molto piacere, e gli chiese dove stava andando? Hans rispose: "Per il Griffin." - "Oh al Griffin Mi dicono di sapere tutto, e ho perso la chiave di un ferro da stiro denaro-torace, per cui si potrebbe essere così gentile da chiedergli dove si trova." - "Sì, in effetti," disse Hans, "lo farò." La mattina dopo andò in poi, e per la sua strada è arrivato a un altro castello in cui ha nuovamente trascorso la notte. Quando le persone che vivevano lì seppero che stava per Griffin, hanno detto che avevano in casa una figlia che era malato, e che avevano già tentato ogni mezzo per guarirla, ma nessuno di loro l'avevano fatto nulla di buono, e potrebbe essere così gentile da chiedere al Griffin ciò che renderebbe di nuovo la loro figlia sana? Hans ha detto che avrebbe volentieri farlo, e andò avanti. Poi è venuto a un lago, e invece di un traghetto, un uomo alto alto era lì che doveva portare tutti in tutto. L'uomo ha chiesto Hans dove lui era in viaggio? "Per il Griffin," ha detto Hans. "Poi, quando si arriva a lui," disse l'uomo, "solo chiedergli perché sono costretto a portare tutti sul lago." - "Sì, anzi, certamente lo farò," ha detto Hans. Poi l'uomo lo prese sulle sue spalle, e lo portò in tutto. Finalmente Hans arrivò alla casa del Grifone, ma la moglie era solo a casa, e non la Griffin se stesso. Allora la donna gli chiese cosa voleva? Allora egli le disse tutto, - che doveva ottenere una piuma di coda di Griffin, e che c'era un castello dove avevano perso la chiave del loro denaro-petto, ed era di chiedere al Griffin dove era? --that in un altro castello la figlia era malata, e lui doveva imparare che cosa sarebbe curarla? - e quindi non lontano da lì c'era un lago e un uomo accanto, che è stato costretto a portare le persone attraverso di esso, e lui era molto ansioso di conoscere il motivo per cui l'uomo è stato costretto a farlo. Allora disse la donna, "Ma guarda qui, mio buon amico, nessun cristiano può parlare al Griffin, lui li divora, ma se vi piace, è possibile sdraiarsi sotto il suo letto, e di notte, quando è abbastanza veloce addormentato, è possibile raggiungere e tirare una piuma dalla sua coda, e come per quelle cose che siete a imparare, io vi chiedete a loro di me. "Hans era molto soddisfatto di questo, e si sotto il letto. In serata, il Grifone tornò a casa, e non appena entrò nella stanza, disse: "Moglie, sento odore di un cristiano." - "Sì," disse la donna, "uno era qui oggi, ma andò via di nuovo;" e che la Griffin non disse altro.
Nel mezzo della notte, quando il Grifone russava rumorosamente, Hans allungò la mano e prese una penna dalla sua coda. Il Griffin si svegliò all'istante, e disse: "Moglie, sento odore di un cristiano, e mi sembra che qualcuno stava tirando la mia coda." Sua moglie ha detto: "Tu hai certamente sognato, e ti ho detto prima che un cristiano è stato qui oggi, ma che è andato via di nuovo. Mi ha detto ogni genere di cose che in un castello avevano perso la chiave della loro denaro-torace, e potrebbe trovarla da nessuna parte. "- "Oh, gli sciocchi" ha detto che il Griffin; "la chiave sta nel legno-casa sotto un tronco di legno dietro la porta." - "E poi ha detto che in un altro castello, la figlia era malato, e sapevano nessun rimedio che l'avrebbe curare." - "Oh, gli sciocchi" ha detto che il Griffin; "sotto la cantina-passi un rospo ha fatto il suo nido di capelli, e se ha ottenuto indietro i capelli sarebbe stata bene." - "E poi ha anche detto che c'era un posto dove c'era un lago e un uomo accanto che è stato costretto a portare tutti in tutto." - "Oh, sciocco!" ha detto che il Griffin; "se solo ha messo un uomo nel mezzo, non avrebbe mai dovuto portare un altro fronte." La mattina dopo il Grifone si alzò e uscì. Poi Hans uscì da sotto il letto, e aveva una bella piuma, e aveva sentito quello che il Griffin aveva detto sulla chiave, e la figlia, e il traghetto-uomo. La moglie del Griffin ripete il tutto ancora una volta a lui che egli potrebbe non dimenticarlo, e poi è andato a casa di nuovo. In primo luogo è venuto a l'uomo in riva al lago, che gli chiese che cosa il Griffin aveva detto, ma Hans rispose che deve prima portarlo in tutta, e poi lo avrebbe detto. Così l'uomo lo portò attraverso, e lui quando era finita Hans detto che tutto quello che doveva fare era impostare una persona nel mezzo del lago, e quindi non avrebbe mai dovuto riportare più. L'uomo era enormemente felice, e disse Hans, che per riconoscenza gli avrebbe prendere ancora una volta di fronte, e viceversa. Ma Hans disse di no, che avrebbe lo risparmiare la fatica, era già abbastanza soddisfatto, e prosegue la sua strada. Poi è venuto al castello dove la figlia era malato; la prese sulle spalle, perché non poteva camminare, e la portò giù per le cantine-passi e tirò fuori il nido di rospo da sotto il gradino più basso e lo diede in mano, e lei saltò dalla spalla e su per le scale prima lui, ed è stato abbastanza curato. Allora erano il padre e la madre oltre misura rallegrò, e hanno dato i regali Hans d'oro e d'argento, e tutto il resto che desiderava, che gli hanno dato. E quando arrivò il castello altra andò subito in legno-casa, e trovò la chiave sotto il log di legno dietro la porta, e lo portò al signore del castello. Egli, inoltre, non era un po 'compiaciuto, e ha dato Hans come ricompensa gran parte dell'oro che era nel petto, e tutti i tipi di cose oltre, come mucche e pecore e capre. Quando Hans arrivò davanti al re, con tutte queste cose - con i soldi, e l'oro, l'argento e le mucche, pecore e capre, il re gli chiese come era venuto da loro. Poi Hans gli disse che il Griffin ha dato ogni sorta che voleva. Così il re pensava di se stesso potrebbe fare tali cose utili, e mise in cammino verso la Griffin; ma quando arrivò al lago, avvenne che egli fu il primo che è arrivato lì dopo Hans, e l'uomo lo ha messo nel mezzo di esso e se ne andò, e il re era annegato. Hans, invece, sposò la figlia, e divenne re.
There was once upon a time a King, but where he reigned and what he was called, I do not know. He had no son, but an only daughter who had always been ill, and no doctor had been able to cure her. Then it was foretold to the King that his daughter should eat herself well with an apple. So he ordered it to be proclaimed throughout the whole of his kingdom, that whosoever brought his daughter an apple with which she could eat herself well, should have her to wife, and be King. This became known to a peasant who had three sons, and he said to the eldest, "Go out into the garden and take a basketful of those beautiful apples with the red cheeks and carry them to the court; perhaps the King's daughter will be able to eat herself well with them, and then thou wilt marry her and be King." The lad did so, and set out.
When he had gone a short way he met a little iron man who asked him what he had there in the basket, to which replied Uele, for so was he named, "Frogs' legs." On this the little man said, "Well, so shall it be, and remain," and went away. At length Uele arrived at the palace, and made it known that he had brought apples which would cure the King's daughter if she ate them. This delighted the King hugely, and he caused Uele to be brought before him; but, alas! when he opened the basket, instead of having apples in it he had frogs' legs which were still kicking about. On this the King grew angry, and had him driven out of the house. When he got home he told his father how it had fared with him. Then the father sent the next son, who was called Seame, but all went with him just as it had gone with Uele. He also met the little iron man, who asked what he had there in the basket. Seame said, "Hogs' bristles," and the iron man said, "well, so shall it be, and remain." When Seame got to the King's palace and said he brought apples with which the King's daughter might eat herself well, they did not want to let him go in, and said that one fellow had already been there, and had treated them as if they were fools. Seame, however, maintained that he certainly had the apples, and that they ought to let him go in. At length they believed him, and led him to the King. But when he uncovered the basket, he had but hogs' bristles. This enraged the King most terribly, so he caused Seame to be whipped out of the house. When he got home he related all that had befallen him, then the youngest boy, whose name was Hans, but who was always called Stupid Hans, came and asked his father if he might go with some apples. "Oh!" said the father, "thou wouldst be just the right fellow for such a thing! If the clever ones can't manage it, what canst thou do?" The boy, however, did not believe him, and said, "Indeed, father, I wish to go." - "Just get away, thou stupid fellow, thou must wait till thou art wiser," said the father to that, and turned his back. Hans, however, pulled at the back of his smock- frock and said, "Indeed, father, I wish to go." - "Well, then, so far as I am concerned thou mayst go, but thou wilt soon come home again!" replied the old man in a spiteful voice. The boy, however, was tremendously delighted and jumped for joy. "Well, act like a fool! thou growest more stupid every day!" said the father again. Hans, however, did not care about that, and did not let it spoil his pleasure, but as it was then night, he thought he might as well wait until the morrow, for he could not get to court that day. All night long he could not sleep in his bed, and if he did doze for a moment, he dreamt of beautiful maidens, of palaces, of gold, and of silver, and all kinds of things of that sort. Early in the morning, he went forth on his way, and directly afterwards the little shabby-looking man in his iron clothes, came to him and asked what he was carrying in the basket. Hans gave him the answer that he was carrying apples with which the King's daughter was to eat herself well. "Then," said the little man, "so shall they be, and remain." But at the court they would none of them let Hans go in, for they said two had already been there who had told them that they were bringing apples, and one of them had frogs' legs, and the other hogs' bristles. Hans, however, resolutely maintained that he most certainly had no frogs' legs, but some of the most beautiful apples in the whole kingdom. As he spoke so pleasantly, the door-keeper thought he could not be telling a lie, and asked him to go in, and he was right, for when Hans uncovered his basket in the King's presence, golden-yellow apples came tumbling out. The King was delighted, and caused some of them to be taken to his daughter, and then waited in anxious expectation until news should be brought to him of the effect they had. But before much time had passed by, news was brought to him: but who do you think it was who came? it was his daughter herself! As soon as she had eaten of those apples, she was cured, and sprang out of her bed. The joy the King felt cannot be described! but now he did not want to give his daughter in marriage to Hans, and said he must first make him a boat which would go quicker on dry land than on water. Hans agreed to the conditions, and went home, and related how it had fared with him. Then the father sent Uele into the forest to make a boat of that kind. He worked diligently, and whistled all the time. At mid-day, when the sun was at the highest, came the little iron man and asked what he was making? Uele gave him for answer, "Wooden bowls for the kitchen." The iron man said, "So it shall be, and remain." By evening Uele thought he had now made the boat, but when he wanted to get into it, he had nothing but wooden bowls. The next day Seame went into the forest, but everything went with him just as it had done with Uele. On the third day Stupid Hans went. He worked away most industriously, so that the whole forest resounded with the heavy strokes, and all the while he sang and whistled right merrily. At mid-day, when it was the hottest, the little man came again, and asked what he was making? "A boat which will go quicker on dry land than on the water," replied Hans, " and when I have finished it, I am to have the King's daughter for my wife." - "Well," said the little man, "such an one shall it be, and remain." In the evening, when the sun had turned into gold, Hans finished his boat, and all that was wanted for it. He got into it and rowed to the palace. The boat went as swiftly as the wind. The King saw it from afar, but would not give his daughter to Hans yet, and said he must first take a hundred hares out to pasture from early morning until late evening, and if one of them got away, he should not have his daughter. Hans was contented with this, and the next day went with his flock to the pasture, and took great care that none of them ran away.
When he had gone a short way he met a little iron man who asked him what he had there in the basket, to which replied Uele, for so was he named, "Frogs' legs." On this the little man said, "Well, so shall it be, and remain," and went away. At length Uele arrived at the palace, and made it known that he had brought apples which would cure the King's daughter if she ate them. This delighted the King hugely, and he caused Uele to be brought before him; but, alas! when he opened the basket, instead of having apples in it he had frogs' legs which were still kicking about. On this the King grew angry, and had him driven out of the house. When he got home he told his father how it had fared with him. Then the father sent the next son, who was called Seame, but all went with him just as it had gone with Uele. He also met the little iron man, who asked what he had there in the basket. Seame said, "Hogs' bristles," and the iron man said, "well, so shall it be, and remain." When Seame got to the King's palace and said he brought apples with which the King's daughter might eat herself well, they did not want to let him go in, and said that one fellow had already been there, and had treated them as if they were fools. Seame, however, maintained that he certainly had the apples, and that they ought to let him go in. At length they believed him, and led him to the King. But when he uncovered the basket, he had but hogs' bristles. This enraged the King most terribly, so he caused Seame to be whipped out of the house. When he got home he related all that had befallen him, then the youngest boy, whose name was Hans, but who was always called Stupid Hans, came and asked his father if he might go with some apples. "Oh!" said the father, "thou wouldst be just the right fellow for such a thing! If the clever ones can't manage it, what canst thou do?" The boy, however, did not believe him, and said, "Indeed, father, I wish to go." - "Just get away, thou stupid fellow, thou must wait till thou art wiser," said the father to that, and turned his back. Hans, however, pulled at the back of his smock- frock and said, "Indeed, father, I wish to go." - "Well, then, so far as I am concerned thou mayst go, but thou wilt soon come home again!" replied the old man in a spiteful voice. The boy, however, was tremendously delighted and jumped for joy. "Well, act like a fool! thou growest more stupid every day!" said the father again. Hans, however, did not care about that, and did not let it spoil his pleasure, but as it was then night, he thought he might as well wait until the morrow, for he could not get to court that day. All night long he could not sleep in his bed, and if he did doze for a moment, he dreamt of beautiful maidens, of palaces, of gold, and of silver, and all kinds of things of that sort. Early in the morning, he went forth on his way, and directly afterwards the little shabby-looking man in his iron clothes, came to him and asked what he was carrying in the basket. Hans gave him the answer that he was carrying apples with which the King's daughter was to eat herself well. "Then," said the little man, "so shall they be, and remain." But at the court they would none of them let Hans go in, for they said two had already been there who had told them that they were bringing apples, and one of them had frogs' legs, and the other hogs' bristles. Hans, however, resolutely maintained that he most certainly had no frogs' legs, but some of the most beautiful apples in the whole kingdom. As he spoke so pleasantly, the door-keeper thought he could not be telling a lie, and asked him to go in, and he was right, for when Hans uncovered his basket in the King's presence, golden-yellow apples came tumbling out. The King was delighted, and caused some of them to be taken to his daughter, and then waited in anxious expectation until news should be brought to him of the effect they had. But before much time had passed by, news was brought to him: but who do you think it was who came? it was his daughter herself! As soon as she had eaten of those apples, she was cured, and sprang out of her bed. The joy the King felt cannot be described! but now he did not want to give his daughter in marriage to Hans, and said he must first make him a boat which would go quicker on dry land than on water. Hans agreed to the conditions, and went home, and related how it had fared with him. Then the father sent Uele into the forest to make a boat of that kind. He worked diligently, and whistled all the time. At mid-day, when the sun was at the highest, came the little iron man and asked what he was making? Uele gave him for answer, "Wooden bowls for the kitchen." The iron man said, "So it shall be, and remain." By evening Uele thought he had now made the boat, but when he wanted to get into it, he had nothing but wooden bowls. The next day Seame went into the forest, but everything went with him just as it had done with Uele. On the third day Stupid Hans went. He worked away most industriously, so that the whole forest resounded with the heavy strokes, and all the while he sang and whistled right merrily. At mid-day, when it was the hottest, the little man came again, and asked what he was making? "A boat which will go quicker on dry land than on the water," replied Hans, " and when I have finished it, I am to have the King's daughter for my wife." - "Well," said the little man, "such an one shall it be, and remain." In the evening, when the sun had turned into gold, Hans finished his boat, and all that was wanted for it. He got into it and rowed to the palace. The boat went as swiftly as the wind. The King saw it from afar, but would not give his daughter to Hans yet, and said he must first take a hundred hares out to pasture from early morning until late evening, and if one of them got away, he should not have his daughter. Hans was contented with this, and the next day went with his flock to the pasture, and took great care that none of them ran away.
Before many hours had passed came a servant from the palace, and told Hans that he must give her a hare instantly, for some visitors had come unexpectedly. Hans, however, was very well aware what that meant, and said he would not give her one; the King might set some hare soup before his guest next day. The maid, however, would not believe in his refusal, and at last she began to get angry with him. Then Hans said that if the King's daughter came herself, he would give her a hare. The maid told this in the palace, and the daughter did go herself. In the meantime, however, the little man came again to Hans, and asked him what he was doing there? He said he had to watch over a hundred hares and see that none of them ran away, and then he might marry the King's daughter and be King. "Good," said the little man, "there is a whistle for thee, and if one of them runs away, just whistle with it, and then it will come back again." When the King's daughter came, Hans gave her a hare into her apron; but when she had gone about a hundred steps with it, he whistled, and the hare jumped out of the apron, and before she could turn round was back to the flock again. When the evening came the hare-herd whistled once more, and looked to see if all were there, and then drove them to the palace. The King wondered how Hans had been able to take a hundred hares to graze without losing any of them; he would, however, not give him his daughter yet, and said he must now bring him a feather from the Griffin's tail. Hans set out at once, and walked straight forwards. In the evening he came to a castle, and there he asked for a night's lodging, for at that time there were no inns. The lord of the castle promised him that with much pleasure, and asked where he was going? Hans answered, "To the Griffin." - "Oh! to the Griffin! They tell me he knows everything, and I have lost the key of an iron money-chest; so you might be so good as to ask him where it is." - "Yes, indeed," said Hans, "I will do that." Early the next morning he went onwards, and on his way arrived at another castle in which he again stayed the night. When the people who lived there learnt that he was going to the Griffin, they said they had in the house a daughter who was ill, and that they had already tried every means to cure her, but none of them had done her any good, and he might be so kind as to ask the Griffin what would make their daughter healthy again? Hans said he would willingly do that, and went onwards. Then he came to a lake, and instead of a ferry-boat, a tall, tall man was there who had to carry everybody across. The man asked Hans whither he was journeying? "To the Griffin," said Hans. "Then when you get to him," said the man, "just ask him why I am forced to carry everybody over the lake." - "Yes, indeed, most certainly I'll do that," said Hans. Then the man took him up on his shoulders, and carried him across. At length Hans arrived at the Griffin's house, but the wife only was at home, and not the Griffin himself. Then the woman asked him what he wanted? Thereupon he told her everything;--that he had to get a feather out of the Griffin's tail, and that there was a castle where they had lost the key of their money-chest, and he was to ask the Griffin where it was?--that in another castle the daughter was ill, and he was to learn what would cure her?--and then not far from thence there was a lake and a man beside it, who was forced to carry people across it, and he was very anxious to learn why the man was obliged to do it. Then said the woman, "But look here, my good friend, no Christian can speak to the Griffin; he devours them all; but if you like, you can lie down under his bed, and in the night, when he is quite fast asleep, you can reach out and pull a feather out of his tail, and as for those things which you are to learn, I will ask about them myself." Hans was quite satisfied with this, and got under the bed. In the evening, the Griffin came home, and as soon as he entered the room, said, "Wife, I smell a Christian." - "Yes," said the woman, "one was here to-day, but he went away again;" and on that the Griffin said no more.
In the middle of the night when the Griffin was snoring loudly, Hans reached out and plucked a feather from his tail. The Griffin woke up instantly, and said, "Wife, I smell a Christian, and it seems to me that somebody was pulling at my tail." His wife said, "Thou hast certainly been dreaming, and I told thee before that a Christian was here to-day, but that he went away again. He told me all kinds of things that in one castle they had lost the key of their money-chest, and could find it nowhere." - "Oh! the fools!" said the Griffin; "the key lies in the wood- house under a log of wood behind the door." - "And then he said that in another castle the daughter was ill, and they knew no remedy that would cure her." - "Oh! the fools!" said the Griffin; "under the cellar-steps a toad has made its nest of her hair, and if she got her hair back she would be well." - "And then he also said that there was a place where there was a lake and a man beside it who was forced to carry everybody across." - "Oh, the fool!" said the Griffin; "if he only put one man down in the middle, he would never have to carry another across." Early the next morning the Griffin got up and went out. Then Hans came forth from under the bed, and he had a beautiful feather, and had heard what the Griffin had said about the key, and the daughter, and the ferry-man. The Griffin's wife repeated it all once more to him that he might not forget it, and then he went home again. First he came to the man by the lake, who asked him what the Griffin had said, but Hans replied that he must first carry him across, and then he would tell him. So the man carried him across, and when he was over Hans told him that all he had to do was to set one person down in the middle of the lake, and then he would never have to carry over any more. The man was hugely delighted, and told Hans that out of gratitude he would take him once more across, and back again. But Hans said no, he would save him the trouble, he was quite satisfied already, and pursued his way. Then he came to the castle where the daughter was ill; he took her on his shoulders, for she could not walk, and carried her down the cellar-steps and pulled out the toad's nest from beneath the lowest step and gave it into her hand, and she sprang off his shoulder and up the steps before him, and was quite cured. Then were the father and mother beyond measure rejoiced, and they gave Hans gifts of gold and of silver, and whatsoever else he wished for, that they gave him. And when he got to the other castle he went at once into the wood- house, and found the key under the log of wood behind the door, and took it to the lord of the castle. He also was not a little pleased, and gave Hans as a reward much of the gold that was in the chest, and all kinds of things besides, such as cows, and sheep, and goats. When Hans arrived before the King, with all these things--with the money, and the gold, and the silver and the cows, sheep and goats, the King asked him how he had come by them. Then Hans told him that the Griffin gave every one whatsoever he wanted. So the King thought he himself could make such things useful, and set out on his way to the Griffin; but when he got to the lake, it happened that he was the very first who arrived there after Hans, and the man put him down in the middle of it and went away, and the King was drowned. Hans, however, married the daughter, and became King.