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Firts Event
There was once upon a time a rich king who had three daughters, who daily went to walk in the palace garden, and the king was a great
lover of all kinds of fine trees, but there was one for which he had
such an affection, that if anyone gathered an apple from it he wished him a hundred fathoms underground. -
Second event
the king's youngest child had a great desire for an apple, and
said to her sisters, our father loves us far too much to wish us
underground, it is my belief that he would only do that to people who were strangers. And while she was speaking, the child plucked off quite a large apple -
Third event
when min-day came, the king wished to call them to come to dinner, but they were now here to be found. he sought them everywhere in the palace and garden, but could not find them. -
Fourth event
hree young huntsmen also went out, and when they had traveled about for eight days, they arrived at a great castle, in which were
beautiful apartments, and in one room a table was laid on which were delicate dishes which were still so warm that they were smoking, but in the whole of the castle no human being was either to be seen or heard. -
Fifth eventh
he left off beating him and the mannikin told him that he was a gnome, and that there were more than a thousand like him, and that if he would go with him he would show him where the king's daughters were. -
Sixth eventh
the elf said that he knew well that the companions Hans had with him did not intend to deal honorably with him, therefore if he wished to deliver the king's children, he must do it alone. -
Seventh eventh
are three rooms, and in each of them was a princess, who was lousing a dragon with many heads, which he must cut off. And having said all this, the elf vanished. -
Eighth event
The hunters found the princesses the first had on her lap a nine-headed dragon and the second one of five heads -
Ninth event
They all asked what he desired, so he said he wished to get above ground back to daylight, on which they seized him by every hair that grew on his head, and thus they flew with him onto the earth again. When he was above ground, he at once went to the king's palace -
Tenth event
the king was angry, and ordered him to be put in prison at once, because he thought he must have done some injury to the children. When the princesses came to themselves, however, they entreated the king to set him free again.
