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011 - The Trade that No One Knows · Serbian Fairy Tales

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Speaker 1: Section eleven of Serbian fairy Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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Speaker 1: fairy Tales translated by Elidy Miyatovich. The trade that no
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Speaker 1: one knows. A long while ago there lived a poor
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Speaker 1: old couple who had an only son. The old man
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Speaker 1: and his wife worked very hard to nourish their child
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Speaker 1: well and bring him up properly, hoping that he, in
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Speaker 1: return would take care of them in their old age. When, however,
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Speaker 1: the boy had grown up, he said to his parents,
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Speaker 1: I am a man now and I intend to marry,
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Speaker 1: so I wish you to go at once to the
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Speaker 1: king and ask him to give me his daughter for one.
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Speaker 1: The astonished parents rebuked him, saying, what can you be
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Speaker 1: thinking of? We have only this poor hut to shelter us,
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Speaker 1: and hardly bread enough to eat, and we dare not
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Speaker 1: presume to go into the King's presence, much less can
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Speaker 1: venture to ask him for his daughter to be your wife.
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Speaker 1: The son, however, insisted that they should do as he said,
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Speaker 1: threatening that if they did not comply with his wishes
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Speaker 1: he would leave them and go away into the world.
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Speaker 1: Seeing that he was really in earnest in what he said,
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Speaker 1: the unhappy parents promised him they would go and ask
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Speaker 1: for the king's daughter. Then the old mother made a
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Speaker 1: wedding cake in her son's presence, and when it was ready,
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Speaker 1: she put it in a bag, took her staff in
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Speaker 1: her hand, and went straight to the palace where the
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Speaker 1: king lived. There, the king's servants bade her come in
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Speaker 1: and led her into the hall, where his Majesty was
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Speaker 1: accustomed to receive the poor people who came to ask
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Speaker 1: alms or to present petitions. The poor old woman stood
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Speaker 1: in the hall, confused and ashamed at her worn out,
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Speaker 1: shabby clothes and looking as if she were made of stone,
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Speaker 1: until the King said to her kindly, what do you
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Speaker 1: want from me, old mother? She dared, not, however, tell
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Speaker 1: his Majesty why she had come, so she stammered out,
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Speaker 1: in her confusion, nothing, your majesty. Then the King smiled
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Speaker 1: a little and said, perhaps you come to ask alms.
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Speaker 1: Then the old woman, much abashed, replied, yes, your Majesty,
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Speaker 1: if you please. Thereupon the king called his servants and
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Speaker 1: ordered them to give the old woman ten crowns, which
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Speaker 1: they did. Having received this money, she thanked his majesty
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Speaker 1: and returned home, saying to herself, I dare say, when
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Speaker 1: my son sees all this money, he will not think
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Speaker 1: any more of going away from us. In this thought, however,
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Speaker 1: she was quite mistaken, for no sooner had she entered
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Speaker 1: the hut than the son came to her and asked impatiently, well, mother,
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Speaker 1: have you done as I asked you? At this, she exclaimed,
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Speaker 1: do give up once from all this silly fancy? My son?
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Speaker 1: How could you expect me to ask the king for
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Speaker 1: his daughter to be your wife? That would be a
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Speaker 1: bold thing for a rich nobleman to do. How then,
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Speaker 1: can we think of such a thing anyhow? I dared
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Speaker 1: not say one word to the king about it, but
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Speaker 1: only look what a lot of money I have brought back.
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Speaker 1: Now you can look for a wife suitable for you,
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Speaker 1: and then you will forget the King's daughter. When the
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Speaker 1: young man heard his mother speak thus, he grew very
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Speaker 1: angry and said to her, what do I want with
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Speaker 1: the King's money? I don't want his money, but I
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Speaker 1: do want his daughter. I see you are only playing
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Speaker 1: with me, so I shall leave you I will go
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Speaker 1: away somewhere, anywhere, wherever my eyes lead me. Then the
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Speaker 1: poor old parents prayed and begged him not to go
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Speaker 1: away from them and leave them alone in their old age.
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Speaker 1: But they could only a quiet him by promising faithfully
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Speaker 1: that the mother should go again next day to the king,
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Speaker 1: and this time really asked him to give his daughter
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Speaker 1: to her son for a wife. In the morning, therefore,
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Speaker 1: the old woman went again to the palace, and the
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Speaker 1: servants showed her into the same hall she had been
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Speaker 1: in before. The king, seeing her stand there, inquired, what
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Speaker 1: want you, my old woman? Now? She was, however, so
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Speaker 1: ashamed that she could hardly stammer and nothing. Please your majesty.
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Speaker 1: The king supposed that she came again to beg ordered
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Speaker 1: his servants to give her, this time also ten crowns.
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Speaker 1: With this money, the old woman returned to her hut,
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Speaker 1: where her son met her, asking, well, mother, this time
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Speaker 1: I hope you have done what I asked you. But
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Speaker 1: she replied, now, my dear son, do leave the King's
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Speaker 1: daughter in peace? How can you really think of such
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Speaker 1: a thing, even if she would marry you? Where is
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Speaker 1: the house to bring her to? So be quiet and
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Speaker 1: take this money which I have brought you. At these words,
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Speaker 1: the son was more angry than before, and said, sharply,
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Speaker 1: as I see you will not let me marry the
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Speaker 1: King's daughter, I will leave you this moment and never
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Speaker 1: come back again, And rushing out of the hut, he
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Speaker 1: ran away. His parents hurried after him, and in length
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Speaker 1: prevailed on him to return by swearing to him that
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Speaker 1: his mother should go again to the king next morning
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Speaker 1: and really and in truth ask his Majesty this time
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Speaker 1: for his daughter. So the young man agreed to go
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Speaker 1: back home and wait until the next day. On the morrow,
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Speaker 1: the old woman, with a heavy heart, went to the
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Speaker 1: palace and was shown, as before, into the King's presence.
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Speaker 1: Seeing her there for the third time, his Majesty asked
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Speaker 1: her impatiently, what do you want this time, old woman,
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Speaker 1: And she, trembling all over, said, please, your Majesty, nothing, then,
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Speaker 1: the King exclaimed, But it cannot be nothing. Something you
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Speaker 1: must want, so tell me the truth at once, if
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Speaker 1: you value your life. Thereupon the old woman was forced
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Speaker 1: to tell all the story to the King, how her
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Speaker 1: son had a great desire to marry the princess, and
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Speaker 1: so had forced her to come and ask the King
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Speaker 1: to give her to him for wife. When the king
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Speaker 1: had heard everything, he said, well, after all, I shall
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Speaker 1: say nothing against it, if why a daughter will consent
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Speaker 1: to it. He then told his servants to lead the
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Speaker 1: princess into his presence. When she came, he told her
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Speaker 1: all about the affair and asked her, are you willing
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Speaker 1: to marry the son of this old woman? Princess answered,
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Speaker 1: why not, if only he learns first the trade that
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Speaker 1: no one knows. Thereupon the king bade his attendants give
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Speaker 1: money to the poor woman, who now went back to
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Speaker 1: her hut with a light heart. The moment she entered,
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Speaker 1: her son asked her have you engaged her? And she
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Speaker 1: returned to let me get my breath a little. Well,
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Speaker 1: now I have really asked the king, but it is
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Speaker 1: of no use, for the princess declares she will not
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Speaker 1: marry you until you have learnt the trade that no
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Speaker 1: one knows. Oh that matters nothing, exclaimed the sun. Now
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Speaker 1: I only know the condition. It's all right. The next morning,
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Speaker 1: the young man set out on his travels through the
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Speaker 1: world and search for a man who could teach him
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Speaker 1: the trades that no one knows. He wandered about a
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Speaker 1: very long time without being able to find out where
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Speaker 1: he could learn such a trade at length. One day,
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Speaker 1: being quite tired out with walking and very sad, he
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Speaker 1: sat down on a fallen log by the wayside. After
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Speaker 1: he had sat thus a little while, an old woman
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Speaker 1: came up to him and asked, why aren't there so sad,
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Speaker 1: my son? And he answered, what is the use of
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Speaker 1: your asking when you cannot help me? But she continued,
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Speaker 1: only tell me what is the matter, and perhaps I
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Speaker 1: can help you. Then he said, well, if you must
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Speaker 1: know the matter is this, I have been traveling about
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Speaker 1: the world a long time to find a man asked,
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Speaker 1: who can teach me the trade which no one knows? Oh,
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Speaker 1: if it is only that, cried the old woman, Just
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Speaker 1: listen to me. Don't be afraid, but go straight into
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Speaker 1: the wood which lies before you, and there you will
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Speaker 1: find what you want. The young man was very glad
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Speaker 1: to hear this, and got up at once and went
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Speaker 1: to the forest. When he had gone pretty far in
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Speaker 1: the wood, he saw a large castle, and whilst he
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Speaker 1: stood looking at it and wondering what it was, four
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Speaker 1: giants came out of it and ran up to him, shouting,
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Speaker 1: do you wish to learn the trade? That no one knows.
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Speaker 1: He said, yes, that is just the reason why I
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Speaker 1: come here. Whereupon they took him into the castle. Next morning,
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Speaker 1: the giants prepared to go out hunting, and before leaving
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Speaker 1: they said to him, you must, on no account go
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Speaker 1: into the first room by the dining hall. Hardly, however,
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Speaker 1: where the giants fell out of sight before the young
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Speaker 1: man began to reason, Thus with himself, I see very
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Speaker 1: well that I have come into a place from which
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Speaker 1: I shall never go out alive with my head. So
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Speaker 1: I may as well see what is in the room,
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Speaker 1: come what may afterwards. So we went and opened the
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Speaker 1: door loop and peeped in. There stood a golden ass
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Speaker 1: bound to a golden manger. He looked at it a
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Speaker 1: little and was just about to shut the door, when
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Speaker 1: the ass said, come and take the halter from my
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Speaker 1: head and keep it hidden about you. It will serve
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Speaker 1: you well if you only understand how to use it.
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Speaker 1: So we took the halter, and, after fastening the room door,
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Speaker 1: quickly concealed it under his clothes. He had not sat
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Speaker 1: very long before the giants came home. They asked him
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Speaker 1: at once if he had been in the first room,
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Speaker 1: and he much frightened, replied, no, I have not been in,
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Speaker 1: but we know that you have been, said the giants
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Speaker 1: in great anger, and seizing some large sticks, they beat
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Speaker 1: him so severely that he could hardly stand on his feet.
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Speaker 1: It was very lucky for him that he had the
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Speaker 1: halter wound round his body under his clothes, or else
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Speaker 1: he would certainly have been killed. The next day, the
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Speaker 1: giants again prepared to go out hunting, but before leaving him,
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Speaker 1: they ordered him on no account to enter the second room.
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Speaker 1: Almost as soon as the giants had gone away, he
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Speaker 1: became so very curious to see what might be in
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Speaker 1: the second room that he could not resist going to
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Speaker 1: the door. He stood there a little while, thinking within himself, well,
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Speaker 1: I am already more dead than alive. Much worse cannot
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Speaker 1: happen to me. And so he opened the door and
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Speaker 1: looked in. There he was surprised to see a very
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Speaker 1: beautiful girl, dressed all in gold and silver, who sat
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Speaker 1: combing her hair and setting in every tress a large diamond.
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Speaker 1: He stood admiring her a little while, and was just
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Speaker 1: going to shut the door again when she spoke, wait
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Speaker 1: a minute, young man, come and take this key, and
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Speaker 1: mind you keep it safely. It will serve you some
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Speaker 1: time if you only know how to use it. So
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Speaker 1: he went in and took the key from the girl,
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Speaker 1: and then going out to fasten the door, and went
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Speaker 1: and sat down in the same place he had sat before.
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Speaker 1: He had not remained there very long before the giants
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Speaker 1: came home from hunting. The second they entered the house,
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Speaker 1: they took up their large sticks to beat him, asking
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Speaker 1: at the same time whether he had been in the
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Speaker 1: second room. Shaking all over with fear, he answered them, no,
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Speaker 1: I have not, but we know that you have been
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Speaker 1: shouted the giants in great anger, and they then beat
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Speaker 1: him worse than on the first day. The next morning,
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Speaker 1: as the giants went out as usual to hunt, they
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Speaker 1: said to him, do not go into the third room
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Speaker 1: for anything in the world, For if you do go in,
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Speaker 1: we shall not forgive you, as we did yesterday and
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Speaker 1: the day before, we shall kill you out right. No sooner, however,
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Speaker 1: had the giants gone out of sight, than the young
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Speaker 1: man began to say to himself, most likely they will
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Speaker 1: kill me whether I go into the room or not. Besides,
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Speaker 1: if they do not kill me, they have beaten me
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Speaker 1: so badly already that I am sure I cannot live long,
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Speaker 1: So anyhow, I will go and see what is in
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Speaker 1: the third room. Then he got up and went and
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Speaker 1: opened the door. He was quite shocked, however, when he
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Speaker 1: saw that the room was full of human heads. These
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Speaker 1: heads belonged to young men who had come, like himself
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Speaker 1: to learn the trade that no one knows, and who,
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Speaker 1: not having obeyed faithfully and strictly the orders of the giants,
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Speaker 1: had been killed by them. The young man was turning
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Speaker 1: quickly to go away, when one of the heads called out,
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Speaker 1: don't be afraid, but come in. Thereupon he went into
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Speaker 1: the room. Then the head gave him an iron chain
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Speaker 1: and said, take care of this chain, for it will
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Speaker 1: serve you some time if you know how to use it.
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Speaker 1: So he took the chain, and, going out, fastened the door.
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Speaker 1: He went and sat down in the usual place to
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Speaker 1: wait for the coming home of the giants. And as
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Speaker 1: he waited he grew quite frightened, for he fully expected
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Speaker 1: that they would really kill him this time. The instant
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Speaker 1: the giants came home, they took up their thick sticks
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Speaker 1: and began to beat him, without stopping to ask anything.
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Speaker 1: They beat him so terribly that he was all but dead.
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Speaker 1: Then they threw him out of the house, saying to him,
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Speaker 1: go away now, since you have learnt the trade that
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Speaker 1: no one knows. When he had lain a long time
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Speaker 1: on the ground where they had thrown him, feeling very
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Speaker 1: sore and miserable, at length he tried to move away,
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Speaker 1: saying to himself, well, if they really have taught me
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Speaker 1: the trade that no one knows, for the sake of
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Speaker 1: the King's daughter, I can suffer gladly all this pain
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Speaker 1: if I can only win her. After traveling for a
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Speaker 1: long time, the young man came at last to the
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Speaker 1: palace of the king, whose daughter he wished to marry.
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Speaker 1: When he saw the palace, he was exceedingly sad and
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Speaker 1: remembered the words of the princess, for after all his
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Speaker 1: wanderings and sufferings, he had learnt no trade, and had
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Speaker 1: never been able to find what trade it was that
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Speaker 1: no one knows. Whilst considering what he had better do,
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Speaker 1: he suddenly recollected the halter, the key, and the iron chain,
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Speaker 1: which he had carried concealed about him ever since he
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Speaker 1: left the castle of the Four Giants. He then said
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Speaker 1: to himself, let me see what these things can do
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Speaker 1: so he took the halter and struck the earth with it,
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Speaker 1: and immediately a handsome horse, beautifully caparisoned, stood before him.
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Speaker 1: Then he struck the ground with the iron chain, and
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Speaker 1: instantly a hare and a greyhound appeared, and the hare
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Speaker 1: began to run quickly, and the greyhound to follow her.
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Speaker 1: In a moment, the young man hardly knew himself, for
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Speaker 1: he found himself in a fine hunting dress, riding on
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Speaker 1: the horse after the hair, which took a path that
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Speaker 1: passed immediately under the windows of the king's palace. Now
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Speaker 1: it happened that the King stood at a window looking out,
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Speaker 1: and noticed at once the beautiful greyhound which was chasing
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Speaker 1: the hair, and the very handsome horse which a huntsman
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Speaker 1: in a splendid dress was mounted on. The King was
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Speaker 1: so pleased at the appearance of the horse and the
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Speaker 1: greyhound that he called immediately some of his servants, and,
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Speaker 1: sending them after the strange rider, bade them invite him
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Speaker 1: to come to the palace. The young man, however, hearing
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Speaker 1: some people coming after him, calling and shouting, rode quickly
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Speaker 1: behind a thick bush and shook a little the halter
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Speaker 1: in the iron chain in a moment, the horse, the greyhound,
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Speaker 1: and the hare had vanished, and he found himself sitting
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Speaker 1: on the ground under the trees, dressed in his old,
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Speaker 1: shabby clothes. By this time the king's servants had come up, and,
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Speaker 1: seeing him sitting there, they asked him whether he had
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Speaker 1: seen a fine huntsman on a beautiful horse pass that way,
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Speaker 1: But he had answered them rudely, no, I have not
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Speaker 1: seen anyone pass, neither do I care to look to
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Speaker 1: see who passes. Then the king's servants went on and
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Speaker 1: searched the forest, calling and shouting as loudly as they could,
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Speaker 1: but it was all in vain. They could neither see
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Speaker 1: nor hear anything of the hunter. At length, they went
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Speaker 1: back to the king and told him that the horse
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Speaker 1: the huntsman rode was so exceedingly quick that they could
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Speaker 1: not hear anything of him in the forest. The young
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Speaker 1: man now resolved to go to the hut where his
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Speaker 1: old parents lived, and they were glad to see that
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Speaker 1: he had come back to them once more. Next morning,
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Speaker 1: the sun said to his father, Now, father, I will
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Speaker 1: show you what I have learned. I will change my
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Speaker 1: into a beautiful horse, and you must lead me into
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Speaker 1: the city and sell me, but be very careful not
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Speaker 1: to give away the halter, or else I shall always
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Speaker 1: remain a horse. Accordingly, in a moment, he changed himself
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Speaker 1: into a horse of extraordinary beauty, and the father took
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Speaker 1: him to the market place to sell him. Very soon
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Speaker 1: a great number of people gathered around to the horses,
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Speaker 1: wondering at his unusual beauty, and very high prices were
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Speaker 1: offered for him. The old man, however, raised the price
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Speaker 1: higher and higher at every offer. The news spread quickly
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Speaker 1: about the city that a wonderfully handsome horse was for
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Speaker 1: sail in the market place, and at length the king
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Speaker 1: himself heard of it, and sent some servants to bring
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Speaker 1: the horse that he might see it. The old man
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Speaker 1: led the horse at once before the palace, and the King,
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Speaker 1: after looking at it some time with great admiration, could
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Speaker 1: not help it, exclaiming, by my word, though I am
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Speaker 1: a king, I never yet saw much less rode so
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Speaker 1: handsome a horse. Then he asked the old man if
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Speaker 1: he would sell it him. I will sell it to
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Speaker 1: your majesty very willingly, said the old man, But I
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Speaker 1: will sell only the horse and not the halter. Thereupon
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Speaker 1: the king laughed, saying, what should I want with your
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Speaker 1: dirty halter for such a horse, I will have a
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Speaker 1: halter of gold made. So the horse was sold to
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Speaker 1: the king for a very high price, and the old
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Speaker 1: man returned home with the money. Next morning. However, there
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Speaker 1: was a great stir and much consternation in the royal stables,
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Speaker 1: for the beautiful horse had vanished somehow during the night,
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Speaker 1: and at the time when the horse disappeared, the young
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Speaker 1: man returned to his parents hut. A day or two afterwards,
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Speaker 1: the young man said to his father, now I will
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Speaker 1: turn myself into a fine church not far from the
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Speaker 1: King's palace, and if the King wishes to buy it,
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Speaker 1: you may sell it to him. Only be sure not
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Speaker 1: to part with the key, or else I must always
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Speaker 1: remain a church. When the King got up that morning
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Speaker 1: and went to his window to look out, he saw
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Speaker 1: a beautiful church which he had never noticed before. Then
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Speaker 1: he sent the servants out to see what it was,
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Speaker 1: and soon after they came back saying the church belonged
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Speaker 1: to an old pilgrim, who told them that he was
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Speaker 1: willing to sell it if the king wished to buy it.
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Speaker 1: Then the king sent to ask what price he would
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Speaker 1: sell it for, and the pilgrim replied, it is worth
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Speaker 1: a great deal of money. Whilst the servants were bargaining
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Speaker 1: with the father, an old woman came up. Now this
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Speaker 1: was the same old woman who had sent the young
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Speaker 1: man to the Castle of the Four Giants, and she
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Speaker 1: herself had been there and learned the trade that no
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Speaker 1: one knew, as she understood at once all about the church,
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Speaker 1: and had no mind to have arrival in the trade.
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Speaker 1: She resolved to put an end to the young man.
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Speaker 1: For this purpose, she began to outbit the king, and
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Speaker 1: offered at last so very large a sum of ready
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Speaker 1: money that the old man was quite astonished and confused
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Speaker 1: at seeing the money which she showed him. He accordingly
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Speaker 1: accepted her offer, but whilst he was counting the money
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Speaker 1: quite forgot about the key. Before long, however, he recollected
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Speaker 1: what his son had said, and then, fearing some mischief,
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Speaker 1: he ran after the old woman and demanded the key back.
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Speaker 1: But the old woman could not be persuaded to give
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Speaker 1: back the key, and said it belonged to the church,
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Speaker 1: which she had bought and paid for. Seeing she would
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Speaker 1: not give up the key, the old man grew more
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Speaker 1: and more alarmed, lest some ill should befall his son,
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Speaker 1: so he took hold of the old woman by the
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Speaker 1: neck and forced her to drop the key. She struggled
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Speaker 1: very hard to get it back again, and whilst the
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Speaker 1: old man and she wrestled together, the key changed itself
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Speaker 1: suddenly into a dove and flew away high in the
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Speaker 1: air over the palace gardens. When the old woman saw this,
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Speaker 1: she changed herself into a hawk and chased the dove.
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Speaker 1: Just however, as the hawk was about to pounce upon it,
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Speaker 1: the dove changed itself into a beautiful bouquet and dropped
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Speaker 1: down into the hand of the king's daughter, who happened
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Speaker 1: to be walking in the garden. Then the hawk changed
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Speaker 1: again into the old woman, who went to the gate
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Speaker 1: of the palace and begged very hard that the princess
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Speaker 1: would give her that bouquet, or at least one single
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Speaker 1: flower from it. But the princess said no, not for
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Speaker 1: anything in the world. These flowers fell to me from heaven.
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Speaker 1: The old woman, however, was determined to get one flower
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Speaker 1: from the bouquet, so, seeing the princess would not hear her,
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Speaker 1: she went straight to the king and begged piteously that
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Speaker 1: he would order his daughter to give her one of
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Speaker 1: the flowers from her bouquet. The king, thinking the old
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Speaker 1: woman wanted one of the flowers to cure some disease,
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Speaker 1: called his daughter to him and told her to give
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Speaker 1: one to the beggar. But just as the king said this,
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Speaker 1: the bouquet changed itself into a heap of millet seed
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Speaker 1: and scattered itself all over the ground. Then the old
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Speaker 1: woman quickly changed herself into a hen in chickens, and
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Speaker 1: began greedily to pick up the seeds. Suddenly, however, the
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Speaker 1: millet vanished, and in its place appeared a fox, which
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Speaker 1: sprang on the hen and killed her. Then the fox
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Speaker 1: sh ancient to the young man, who explained to the
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Speaker 1: astonished king and princess that it was he who had
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Speaker 1: demanded the hand of the princess, and in order to
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Speaker 1: obtain it, he had wandered all over the world in
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Speaker 1: search of some one who could teach him the trade
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Speaker 1: that no one knows. When the king and his daughter
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Speaker 1: heard this, they gladly fulfilled their end of the bargain,
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Speaker 1: seeing how well the young man had fulfilled his. Then
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Speaker 1: shortly afterwards, the king's daughter married the son of the
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Speaker 1: poor old couple, and the king built for the princess
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Speaker 1: and her husband a palace close to his own. There
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Speaker 1: they lived long and had plenty of children, And people
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Speaker 1: say that some of their descendants are living at present,
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Speaker 1: and that these go constantly to pray in the church,
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Speaker 1: which is always open, because the key of it turned
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Speaker 1: itself into a young man who married the king's daughter,
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Speaker 1: after he had shown to her that he had done it.
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Speaker 1: Sh she wished and learnt for her sake the trade
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Speaker 1: that no one knows. End of Section eleven, read by
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Speaker 1: Andrea Atwood