Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm (1914) (14772735903)

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Title: Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 Crane, Lucy, 1842-1882 Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: London : Macmillan
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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t of the wood ? Oh yes, my lord king, answered she, certainly I can; but I must make a condition, and if you do not fulfil it, you will never get out of the wood again, but die there of hunger. What is the condition ? asked the king. I have a daughter, said the old woman, who is as fair as any in the world, and if you will take her for your bride, and make her queen, I will show you the way out of the wood. The king consented, because of the difficulty he was in, and the old woman led him into her little house, and there her claughter was sitting by the fire. She received the king just as if she had been expectinghim, and though he saw that she was very beautiful, she didnot please him, and he could not look at her without an in-ward shudder. Nevertheless, he took the maiden before himon his horse, and the old woman showed him the way, and SIX-SWANS THE SWANS C/M^E CLOSE VJPTOHER. WlTHRA>5HINVWIfMC.5;MIKrj OVER-THEM: ••
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To face page 198 THE SIX SWANS. 199 soon he was in his royal castle again, where the wedding washeld The king had been married before, and his first wife hadleft seven children, six boys and one girl, whom he lovedbetter than all the world, and as he was afraid the step-mothermight not behave well to them, and perhaps would do themsome mischief, he took them to a lonely castle standing in themiddle of a wood. There they remained hidden, for the road toit was so hard to find that the king himself could not havefound it, had it not been for a clew of yarn, possessing wonder-ful properties, that a wise woman had given him; when hethrew it down before him, it unrolled itself and showed himthe way. And the king went so often to see his dear children,that the queen was displeased at his absence; and she becamecurious and wanted to know what he went out into the woodfor so often alone. She bribed his servants with much money,and they showed her the secret, and told her of the clew ofyarn, wh