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a long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his 英語wisdom through all the land. nothing was hidden from him, and it seemed as if news of the most secret things was brought to him through the air. but he had a strange custom; every day after dinner, when the table was cleared, and no one else was present, a trusty servant had to bring him one more dish. it was covered, however, and even the servant did not know what was in it, neither did anyone know, for the king never took off the cover to eat of it until he was quite alone. this had gone on for a long time, when one day the servant, who took away the dish, was overcome with such curiosity that he could not help carrying the dish into his room. when he had carefully locked the door, he lifted up the cover, and saw a white snake lying on the dish. but when he saw it he could not deny himself the pleasure of tasting it, so he cut off a little bit and put it into his mouth. no sooner had it touched his tongue than he heard a strange whispering of little voices outside his window. he went and listened, and then noticed that it was the sparrows who were chattering together, and telling one another of all kinds of things which they had seen in the fields and woods. eating the snake had given him power of understanding the language of animals.

now it so happened that on this very day the queen lost her most beautiful ring, and suspicion of having stolen it fell upon this trusty servant, who was allowed to go everywhere. the king ordered the man to be brought before him, and threatened with angry words that unless he could before the morrow point out the thief, he himself should be looked upon as guilty and executed. in vain he declared his innocence; he was dismissed with no better answer. in his trouble and fear he went down into the courtyard and took thought how to help himself out of his trouble. now some ducks were sitting together quietly by a brook and taking their rest; and, whilst they were making their feathers smooth with their bills, they were having a confidential conversation together. the servant stood by and listened. they were telling one another of all the places where they had been waddling about all the morning, and what good food they had found, and one said in a pitiful tone, "something lies heavy on my stomach; as i was eating in haste i swallowed a ring which lay under the queen's window." the servant at once seized her by the neck, carried her to the kitchen, and said to the cook, "here is a fine duck; pray, kill her." - "yes," said the cook, and weighed her in his hand; "she has spared no trouble to fatten herself, and has been waiting to be roasted long enough." so he cut off her head, and as she was being dressed for the spit, the queen's ring was found inside her. the servant could now easily prove his innocence; and the king, to make amends for the wrong, allowed him to ask a favour, and promised him the best place in the court that he could wish for.

the servant refused everything, and only asked for a horse and some money for travelling, as he had a mind to see the world and go about a little. when his request was granted he set out on his way, and one day came to a pond, where he saw three fishes caught in the reeds and gasping for water. now, though it is said that fishes are dumb, he heard them lamenting that they must perish so miserably, and, as he had a kind heart, he got off his horse and put the three prisoners back into the water. they quivered with delight, put out their heads, and cried to him, "we will remember you and repay you for saving us。" he rode on,童話 and after a while it seemed to him that he heard a voice in the sand at his feet. he listened, and heard an ant-king complain, "why cannot folks, with their clumsy beasts, keep off our bodies? that stupid horse, with his heavy hoofs, has been treading down my people without mercy。" so he turned on to a side path and the ant-king cried out to him,故事 'we will remember you - one good turn deserves another。" the path led him into a wood,大全 and here he saw two old ravens standing by their nest, and throwing out their young ones. "out with you, you idle, good-for-nothing creatures。" cried they; "we cannot find food for you any longer; you are big enough,簡短精選 and can provide for yourselves." but the poor young ravens lay upon the ground, flapping their wings, and crying, "oh, what helpless chicks we are。 we must shift for ourselves,英語 and yet we cannot fly。 what can we do,童話 but lie here and starve?" so the good young fellow alighted and killed his horse with his sword, and gave it to them for food. then they came hopping up to it, satisfied their hunger, and cried, "we will remember you - one good turn deserves another。"

and now he had to use his 故事own legs, and when he had walked a long way, he came to a large city. there was a great noise and crowd in the streets, and a man rode up on horseback, crying aloud, "the king's daughter wants a husband; but whoever sues for her hand must perform a hard task, and if he does not succeed he will forfeit his life." many had already made the attempt, but in vain; nevertheless when the youth saw the king's daughter he was so overcome by her great beauty that he forgot all danger, went before the king, and declared himself a suitor.

so he was led out to the sea, and a gold ring was thrown into it, in his sight; then the king ordered him to fetch this ring up from the bottom of the sea, and added, "if you come up again without it you will be thrown in again and again until you perish amid the waves." all the people grieved for the handsome youth; then they went away, leaving him alone by the sea. he stood on the shore and considered what he should do, when suddenly he saw three fishes come swimming towards him, and they were the very fishes whose lives he had saved. the one in the middle held a mussel in its mouth, which it laid on the shore at the youth's feet, and when he had taken it up and opened it, there lay the gold ring in the shell. full of joy he took it to the king, and expected that he would grant him the promised reward. but when the proud princess perceived that he was not her equal in birth, she scorned him, and required him first to perform another task. she went down into the garden and strewed with her own hands ten sacks-full of millet-seed on the grass; then she said, "to-morrow morning before sunrise these must be picked up, and not a single grain be wanting." the youth sat down in the garden and considered how it might be possible to perform this task, but he could think of nothing, and there he sat sorrowfully awaiting the break of day, when he should be led to death. but as soon as the first rays of the sun shone into the garden he saw all the ten sacks standing side by side, quite full, and not a single grain was missing. the ant-king had come in the night with thousands and thousands of ants, and the grateful creatures had by great industry picked up all the millet-seed and gathered them into the sacks. presently the king's daughter herself came down into the garden, and was amazed to see that the young man had done the task she had given him. but she could not yet conquer her proud heart, and said, "although he has performed both the tasks, he shall not be my husband until he has brought me an apple from the tree of life." the youth did not know where the tree of life stood, but he set out, and would have gone on for ever, as long as his legs would carry him, though he had no hope of finding it. after he had wandered through three kingdoms, he came one evening to a wood, and lay down under a tree to sleep. but he heard a rustling in the branches, and a golden apple fell into his hand. at the same time three ravens flew down to him, perched themselves upon his knee, and said, "we are the three young ravens whom you saved from starving; when we had grown big, and heard that you were seeking the golden apple, we flew over the sea to the end of the world, where the tree of life stands, and have brought you the apple." the youth, full of joy, set out homewards, and took the golden apple to the king's beautiful daughter, who had no more excuses left to make. they cut the apple of life in two and ate it together; and then her heart became full of love for him, and they lived in undisturbed happiness to a great age.

there was once on a time a poor man, who could no longer support his only son. then said the son, "dear father, things go so badly with us that i am a burden to you. i would rather go away and see how i can earn my bread." so the father gave him his blessing, and with great sorrow took leave of him. at this time the king of a mighty empire was at war, and the youth took service with him, and with him went out to fight. and when he came before the enemy, there was a battle, and great danger, and it rained shot until his comrades fell on all sides, and when the leader also was killed, those left were about to take flight, but the youth stepped forth, spoke boldly to them, and cried, "we will not let our fatherland be ruined。" then the others followed him,大全 and he pressed on and conquered the enemy. when the king heard that he owed the victory to him alone, he raised him above all the others, gave him great treasures, and made him the first in the kingdom.

the king had a daughter who was very beautiful, but she was also very strange. she had made a vow to take no one as her lord and husband who did not promise to let himself be buried alive with her if she died first. "if he loves me with all his heart," said she, "of what use will life be to him afterwards?" on her side she would do the same, and if he died first, would go down to the grave with him. this strange oath had up to this time frightened away all wooers, but the youth became so charmed with her beauty that he cared for nothing, but asked her father for her. "but dost thou know what thou must promise?" said the king. "i must be buried with her," he replied, "if i outlive her, but my love is so great that i do not mind the danger." then the king consented, and the wedding was solemnized with great splendour.

they lived now for a while happy and contented with each other, and then it befell that the young queen was attacked by a severe illness, and no physician could save her. and as she lay there dead, the young king remembered what he had been obliged to promise, and was horrified at having to lie down alive in the grave, but there was no escape. the king had placed sentries at all the gates, and it was not possible to avoid his fate. when the day came when the corpse was to be buried, he was taken down into the royal vault with it and then the door was shut and bolted.

near the coffin stood a table on which were four candles, four loaves of bread, and four bottles of wine, and when this provision came to an end, he would have to die of hunger. and now he sat there full of pain and grief, ate every day only a little piece of bread, drank only a mouthful of wine, and nevertheless saw death daily drawing nearer. whilst he thus gazed before him, he saw a snake creep out of a corner of the vault and approach the dead body. and as he thought it came to gnaw at it, he drew his sword and said, "as long as i live, thou shalt not touch her," and hewed the snake in three pieces. after a time a second snake crept out of the hole, and when it saw the other lying dead and cut in pieces, it went back, but soon came again with three green leaves in its mouth. then it took the three pieces of the snake, laid them together, as they ought to go, and placed one of the leaves on each wound. immediately the severed parts joined themselves together, the snake moved, and became alive again, and both of them hastened away together. the leaves were left lying on the ground, and a desire came into the mind of the unhappy man who had been watching all this, to know if the wondrous power of the leaves which had brought the snake to life again, could not likewise be of service to a human being. so he picked up the leaves and laid one of them on the mouth of his dead wife, and the two others on her eyes. and hardly had he done this than the blood stirred in her veins, rose into her pale face, and coloured it again. then she drew breath, opened her eyes, and said, "ah, god, where am i?" - "thou art with me, dear wife," he answered, and told her how everything had happened, and how he had brought her back again to life. then he gave her some wine and bread, and when she had regained her strength, he raised her up and they went to the door and knocked, and called so loudly that the sentries heard it, and told the king. the king came down himself and opened the door, and there he found both strong and well, and rejoiced with them that now all sorrow was over. the young king, however, took the three snake-leaves with him, gave them to a servant and said, "keep them for me carefully, and carry them constantly about thee; who knows in what trouble they may yet be of service to us。"

a change had,簡短精選 however, taken place in his wife; after she had been restored to life, it seemed as if all love for her husband had gone out of her heart. after some time, when he wanted to make a voyage over the sea, to visit his old father, and they had gone on board a ship, she forgot the great love and fidelity which he had shown her, and which had been the means of rescuing her from death, and conceived a wicked inclination for the skipper. and once when the young king lay there asleep, she called in the skipper and seized the sleeper by the head, and the skipper took him by the feet, and thus they threw him down into the sea. when the shameful deed was done, she said, "now let us return home, and say that he died on the way. i will extol and praise thee so to my father that he will marry me to thee, and make thee the heir to his crown." but the faithful servant who had seen all that they did, unseen by them, unfastened a little boat from the ship, got into it, sailed after his master, and let the traitors go on their way. he fished up the dead body, and by the help of the three snake-leaves which he carried about with him, and laid on the eyes and mouth, he fortunately brought the young king back to life.

they both rowed with all their strength day and night, and their little boat flew so swiftly that they reached the old king before the others did. he was astonished when he saw them come alone, and asked what had happened to them. when he learnt the wickedness of his daughter he said, "i cannot believe that she has behaved so ill, but the truth will soon come to light," and bade both go into a secret chamber and keep themselves hidden from every one. soon afterwards the great ship came sailing in, and the godless woman appeared before her father with a troubled countenance. he said, "why dost thou come back alone? where is thy husband?" - "ah, dear father," she replied, "i come home again in great grief; during the voyage, my husband became suddenly ill and died, and if the good skipper had not given me his help, it would have gone ill with me. he was present at his death, and can tell you all." the king said, "i will make the dead alive again," and opened the chamber, and bade the two come out. when the woman saw her husband, she was thunderstruck, and fell on her knees and begged for mercy. the king said, "there is no mercy. he was ready to die with thee and restored thee to life again, but thou hast murdered him in his sleep, and shalt receive the reward that thou deservest." then she was placed with her accomplice in a ship which had been pierced with holes, and sent out to sea, where they soon sank amid the waves.

an old woman lived in a village. she had gathered a serving of beans and wanted to cook them,英語 so she prepared a fire in her fireplace. to make it burn faster she lit it with a handful of straw. while she was pouring the beans into the pot, one of them fell unnoticed to the floor, coming to rest next to a piece of straw. soon afterward a glowing coal jumped out of the fireplace and landed next to them. the straw said, "dear friends, where do you come from?" the coal answered, "i jumped from the fireplace, to my good fortune. if i had not forced my way out, i surely would have died. i would have burned to ash." the bean said, "i too saved my skin. if the old woman had gotten me into the pot i would have been cooked to mush without mercy, just like my comrades." - "would my fate have been any better?" said the straw. "the old woman sent all my brothers up in fire and smoke. she grabbed sixty at once and killed them. fortunately i slipped through her fingers." - "what should we do now?" asked the coal. "because we have so fortunately escaped death," answered the bean, "i think that we should join together as comrades. to prevent some new misfortune from befalling us here, let us together make our way to another land."

this proposal pleased the other two, and they set forth all together. they soon came to a small brook, and because there was neither a bridge nor a walkway there, they did not know how they would get across it. then the straw had a good idea, and said, "i will lay myself across it, and you can walk across me like on a bridge." so the straw stretched himself from one bank to the other. the coal, who was a hot-headed fellow, stepped brashly onto the newly constructed bridge, but when he got to the middle and heard the water rushing beneath him, he took fright, stopped, and did not dare to go any further. then the straw caught fire, broke into two pieces, and fell into the brook. the coal slid after him, hissed as he fell into the water, and gave up the ghost. the bean who had cautiously stayed behind on the bank had to laugh at the event. he could not stop, and he laughed so fiercely that he burst. now he too would have died, but fortunately a wandering tailor was there, resting near the brook. having a compassionate heart, he got out a needle and thread and sewed the bean back together. the bean thanked him most kindly. however, because he had used black thread, since that time all beans have had a black seam.