She thus thought that she had them , and when the sun rose the bridal night was past : she had then kept her promise , and could vent her anger and revenge on both of them . With the first sunbeam she broke into the room , but there she found no prince and no princess -- nothing but the two pieces of firewood , which lay in the bed , and stared , and spoke not a word . These she threw on the floor , so that they were splintered into a thousand pieces , and off she hastened after the fugitives . With the first sunbeam the princess said to the prince , ` Look round ; do you see anything behind us ? ' ` Yes , I see a dark cloud , far away , ' said he . ` Then throw the flower-pot over your head , ' said she . When this was done there was a large thick forest behind them . When the witch came to the forest she could not get through it until she went home and brought her axe to cut a path . A little after this the princess said again to the prince , ` Look round ; do you see anything behind us ? ' ` Yes , ' said the prince , ` the big black cloud is there again . ' ` Then throw the glass of water over your head , ' said she . When he had done this there was a great lake behind them , and this the witch could not cross until she ran home again and brought her dough-trough . Meanwhile the fugitives had reached the castle which was the prince 's home . They climbed over the garden wall , ran across the garden , and crept in at an open window . By this time the witch was just at their heels , but the princess stood in the window and blew upon the witch ; hundreds of white doves flew out of her mouth , fluttered and flapped around the witch 's head until she grew so angry that she turned into flint , and there she stands to this day , in the shape of a large flint stone , outside the window . Within the castle there was great rejoicing over the prince and his bride . His two elder brothers came and knelt before him and confessed what they had done , and said that he alone should inherit the kingdom , and they would always be his faithful subjects . The Troll 's Daughter From the Danish . There was once a lad who went to look for a place . As he went along he met a man , who asked him where he was going .
He told him his errand , and the stranger said , ` Then you can serve me ; I am just in want of a XXXXX like you , and I will give you good wages -- a bushel of money the first year , two the second year , and three the third year , for you must serve me three years , and obey me in everything , however strange it seems to you .
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