The spell was not to be broken until a girl
came to us whose heart was so good that she showed herself full of love,
not only towards mankind, but towards animals -- and that thou hast done,
and by thee at midnight we were set free, and the old hut in the forest
was changed back again into my royal palace." And when they had arisen,
the King's son ordered the three attendants to set out and fetch the
father and mother of the girl to the marriage feast. "But where are my
two sisters?" inquired the maiden. "I have locked them in the cellar,
and to-morrow they shall be led into the forest, and shall live as
servants to a charcoal-burner, until they have grown kinder, and do not
leave poor animals to suffer hunger."
170 Sharing Joy and Sorrow
There was once a tailor, who was a quarrelsome fellow, and his wife,
who was good, industrious, and pious, never could please him. Whatever
she did, he was not satisfied, but grumbled and scolded, and knocked
her about and beat her. As the authorities at last heard of it, they had
him summoned, and put in prison in order to make him better.
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