The Complete Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm
Author:Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm [Grimm, Jacob & Grimm, Wilhelm]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prakash Books
Published: 2020-09-01T04:00:00+00:00
âBlow, blow, thou gentle wind, I say,
Blow Conradâs little hat away,
And make him chase it here and there,
Until I have braided all my hair,
And bound it up again.â
Then came a blast of wind and carried off Conradâs hat, so that he had to run far away, while the maiden quietly went on combing and plaiting her hair, all of which the King observed. Then, quite unseen, he went away, and when the goose-girl came home in the evening, he called her aside, and asked why she did all these things. âI may not tell you that, and I dare not lament my sorrows to any human being, for I have sworn not to do so by the heaven which is above me; if I had not done that, I should have lost my life.â He urged her and left her no peace, but he could draw nothing from her. Then said he, âIf thou wilt not tell me anything, tell thy sorrows to the iron-stove there,â and he went away. Then she crept into the iron-stove, and began to weep and lament, and emptied her whole heart, and said, âHere am I deserted by the whole world, and yet I am a Kingâs daughter, and a false waiting-maid has by force brought me to such a pass that I have been compelled to put off my royal apparel, and she has taken my place with my bridegroom, and I have to perform menial service as a goose-girl. If my mother did but know that, her heart would break.â
The aged King, however, was standing outside by the pipe of the stove, and was listening to what she said, and heard it. Then he came back again, and bade her come out of the stove. And royal garments were placed on her, and it was marvellous how beautiful she was! The aged King summoned his son, and revealed to him that he had got the false bride who was only a waiting-maid, but that the true one was standing there, as the sometime goose-girl. The young King rejoiced with all his heart when he saw her beauty and youth, and a great feast was made ready to which all the people and all good friends were invited. At the head of the table sat the bridegroom with the Kingâs daughter at one side of him, and the waiting-maid on the other, but the waiting-maid was blinded, and did not recognize the princess in her dazzling array. When they had eaten and drunk, and were merry, the aged King asked the waiting-maid as a riddle, what a person deserved who had behaved in such and such a way to her master, and at the same time related the whole story, and asked what sentence such an one merited? Then the false bride said, âShe deserves no better fate than to be stripped entirely naked, and put in a barrel which is studded inside with pointed nails, and two white horses should be harnessed to it, which will drag her along through one street after another, till she is dead.
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