THE GOOSE GIRL by Sue Arengo

Once upon a time, there was a queen who had only one beautiful daughter.

She loved the girl very much.
At last, the day came for the princess to go far away and marry a prince.

The queen was sad to say goodbye.

She gave her daughter some beautiful dresses, a gold cup, and many other things. She gave her a magic horse.
It was a white horse and it could talk.
'I love this horse, Mother,' the princess said. 'I will call it Falada!'
And the queen gave her daughter a maid to ride with her.
Then the queen made three drops of blood fall onto a handkerchief.
'Take this,' she said to her daughter. 'It will help you. It will make you strong.

Now goodbye,daughter.
And be happy!'

The princess took the handkerchief with the three drops of blood.

She put it inside her dress.
'Goodbye, Mother!' she said. 'Thank you for everything!'
The queen watched them ride away down the long hill.
It was a very hot day. Soon the princess was thirsty.

They were near a stream and so she asked her maid, 'Maid!
Please will you get me a drink of water in my gold cup?'

But the maid said angrily, 'No! I will not! You get off your horse and get it!

I will not be your maid!'
The princess did not know what to say.

So she got off her horse and went to the stream and drank.

Then they rode on. But the sun was warm and later she asked again, 'Maid!

Please will you get me a drink of water in my gold cup?'
And again the maid said angrily, 'No! I will not! You get off your horse and get it!

I will not be your maid!'

The princess did not know what to say.

So she got off her horse and went to the stream and drank.
But this time the handkerchief fell into the water.
'Ah! That's good!' thought the maid. 'There is no one here.

And now she has nothing to help her.'

So she said to the princess, 'Take off that dress and give it to me!

You can wear my grey one.
Be quick now or I will kill you! And I will have Falada.
I am going to be the princess. I am going to be the bride.

And you are going to be my maid!'
So they rode on. The maid rode in front on Falada.

The princess rode behind her on the old grey horse.

In the evening, they arrived at the castle.

The king and his son, the prince, came to meet them.
'How do you do, Princess?' said the king to the maid. 'This is my son, the prince!'
The real princess was left outside, but the king saw her.
'Who is that girl?' he thought. 'She has a beautiful face!'
'Who are you?' asked the king.
'I came here as a maid,' the real princess answered, 'but you have many maids and you do not need me.'

'I can find some work for you. You can be a goose girl,' said the king.

'Come with me.'
He took her to a little house near the castle gate.
'This is Kirsten's house,' he said. 'She looks after the geese! Kirsten!

Come! Here's a nice girl to help you!

Give her some food and a bed, please.'
That night there was a big dinner at the castle.
'This princess is going to be my son's bride,' said the king.

They will marry in three weeks.'
The maid looked at all the people and smiled.
Later that night she spoke to the prince.
'I have something to tell you,' she said. That white horse, Falada, is a bad horse.

It's mad!

You must kill it!'
She was afraid because Falada could talk.
'Yes, my bride,' said the prince, 'if you want that. I will tell my men to take it away.'
The real princess heard about this. She had one gold coin.

She ran to the men and said, 'Take

this gold coin. Do something for me. Do you see this dead horse?

Put this horse's head by the big castle gate.'
'What?' they said. 'That's a mad idea! Why?'
'Because I loved that horse,' she said. 'I want to see its face.'

The men liked her. So they took the gold coin.

And they put Falada's head by the castle gate.
Every day Kirsten took the geese out to the meadow, and the real princess went with her.

They walked through the castle gate.

And every day the real princess spoke to Falada's head.
'Falada! My horse... do you know me?'
'Yes, Princess!' the head answered. 'You are the true bride!'
Kirsten did not like it. She thought it was very strange.
Every day the real princess brushed her long gold hair.

And Kirsten always said, 'Give me some of your hair!
Oh, come on! Cut some off and give it to me!'

And the real princess always said, 'No, Kirsten! Stop it!'
But Kirsten wouldn't stop it. So the real princess had to sing to the wind.
'Blow, wind. Blow!' she sang.
'Blow Kirsten's hat, blow it over there, so I have time to brush my hair!'
Then a wind came and blew Kirsten's hat off.
Kirsten had to run all over the meadow.

Then the real princess had time to brush her hair.
All this made Kirsten angry.

'You're strange!' she said to the princess. 'Who are you? You talk to the wind!

You talk to a dead horse's head!
You're mad. You're a mad girl. I'm going to tell the king about you.'
So Kirsten went to the king and said, 'Listen! That girl is mad.

I don't want to work with her again.

Every day she talks to a dead horse's head. And it talks back to her.

And she sings to the wind.
She asks the wind to blow my hat off. I have to run all over the meadow!'

'Mmm!' said the king. T want to come and see this.'
So the next day the king hid and watched. And he saw that it was true.
The king heard the real princess speak to Falada's head.
'Falada! My horse! Do you know me?'
'Yes, Princess! You are the true bride.'
And in the meadow the king heard her sing to the wind.
'Blow, wind. Blow!' she sang. 'Blow Kirsten's hat, blow it over there, so I have time to brush my hair!'

He saw Kirsten's hat blow off. And he saw her run all over the meadow.
That evening the king said, 'Who are you? I watched you today.

I saw some very strange things.
What is your story?'

'Oh!' answered the princess, 'I cannot tell you my story.

She will kill me if I tell you anything.'
The king thought. Then he said, 'I see - you are too afraid to tell me.

You can't tell me. All right.
I will go out of the room. And you can tell your story to this old cupboard.'
The princess needed to speak. So she got inside the old cupboard.

It was dark, but it was warm.
And in the dark, she told her story.
The king listened through a hole in the wall.

He heard all she said.
'I am the real princess - the true bride. My maid is going to marry the prince.

She took my dress.

She took my horse, Falada. She rode it here. She made me ride behind her.

I have no one to help me.
She will kill me if I tell anyone.'
Then the king said, 'Do not be afraid! Come with me.

It is time to make everything right.'
The king found the prince and all the people in the castle.
'Now,' he said. 'Listen carefully and do not say a word.'

Then he told them about the real princess. And they were happy.

They could see that she was beautiful and good.

That night the true bride sat next to the prince.

Her maid sat on his other side and did not know her.
After dinner, the king spoke to everybody.
'Listen!' said the king. 'I have a story to tell you all.'
'Once there was a princess who had a maid. That princess had to ride far away to marry a prince.
And the maid went with her. But on the way the maid said, "Give me your dress! And give me your horse!
Or I will kill you! I am going to be the princess now and I am going to marry the prince!"'

Then the king went up to the maid and said, 'Tell me what you think about this.'
And she answered, That's really bad! Put that bad maid on a horse - a mad, bad horse. And let the mad, bad horse throw her into the sea!'
'Right,' said the king, 'then this is what will happen to you!'
So the maid had to ride a mad, bad horse. And it threw her into the sea.
Then the prince married the real princess - the true bride.

And they were very happy.

The End

The Goose girl movie with subtitles

The goose girl by the Brothers Grimm

There lived once an old Queen, whose husband had been dead many years.

She had a beautiful daughter who was promised in marriage to a King's son living

a great way off. When the time appointed for the wedding drew near, and the old Queen had to send her daughter into the foreign land, she got together many costly things, furniture and cups and jewels and adornments, both of gold and silver, everything proper for the dowry of a royal Princess, for she loved her daughter dearly.

She gave her also a waiting gentlewoman to attend her and to give her into the bridegroom's hands; and they were each to have a horse for the journey, and the Princess's horse was named Falada, and he could speak. When the time for parting came, the old Queen took her daughter to her chamber, and with a little knife she cut her own finger so that it bled; and she held beneath it a white napkin, and on it fell three drops of blood; and she gave it to her daughter, bidding her take care of it, for it would be needful to her on the way.

Then they took leave of each other; and the Princess put the napkin in her bosom, got on her horse, and set out to go to the bridegroom. After she had ridden an hour, she began to feel very thirsty, and she said to the waiting-woman, "Get down, and fill my cup that you are carrying with water from the brook; I have great desire to drink." - "Get down yourself," said the waiting-woman, "and if you are thirsty stoop down and drink; I will not be your slave." And as her thirst was so great, the Princess had to get down and to stoop and drink of the water of the brook, and could not have her gold cup to serve her.

"Oh dear!" said the poor Princess. And the three drops of blood heard her, and said, "If your mother knew of this, it would break her heart." But the Princess answered nothing, and quietly mounted her horse again. So they rode on some miles farther; the day was warm, the sun shone hot, and the Princess grew thirsty once more. And when they came to a water-course she called again to the waiting-woman and said, "Get down, and give me to drink out of my golden cup." For she had forgotten all that had gone before.

But the waiting-woman spoke still more scornfully and said, "If you want a drink, you may get it yourself; I am not going to be your slave." So, as her thirst was so great, the Princess had to get off her horse and to stoop towards the running water to drink, and as she stooped, she wept and said, "Oh dear!" And the three drops of blood heard her and answered, "If your mother knew of this, it would break her heart!"

And as she drank and stooped over, the napkin on which were the three drops of blood fell out of her bosom and floated down the stream, and in her distress she never noticed it; not so the waiting-woman, who rejoiced because she should have power over the bride, who, now that she had lost the three drops of blood, had become weak, and unable to defend herself.

And when she was going to mount her horse again the waiting-woman cried, "Falada belongs to me, and this jade to you." And the Princess had to give way and let it be as she said. Then the waiting-woman ordered the Princess with many hard words to take off her rich clothing and to put on her plain garments, and then she made her swear to say nothing of the matter when they came to the royal court; threatening to take her life if she refused. And all the while Falada noticed and remembered.

The waiting-woman then mounting Falada, and the Princess the sorry jade, they journeyed on till they reached the royal castle. There was great joy at their coming, and the King's son hastened to meet them, and lifted the waiting woman from her horse, thinking she was his bride; and then he led her up the stairs, while the real Princess had to remain below. But the old King, who was looking out of the window, saw her standing in the yard, and noticed how delicate and gentle and beautiful she was, and then he went down and asked the seeming bride who it was that she had brought with her and that was now standing in the courtyard.

"Oh!" answered the bride, "I only brought her with me for company; give the maid something to do, that she may not be for ever standing idle." But the old King had no work to give her; until he bethought him of a boy he had who took care of the geese, and that she might help him. And so the real Princess was sent to keep geese with the goose-boy, who was called Conrad.

Soon after the false bride said to the Prince, "Dearest husband, I pray thee do me

a pleasure." - "With all my heart," answered he. "Then "said she, "send for the knacker, that he may carry off the horse I came here upon, and make away with him; he was very troublesome to me on the journey." For she was afraid that the horse might tell how she had behaved to the Princess.

And when the order had been given that Falada should die, it came to the Princess's ears, and she came to the knacker's man secretly, and promised him

a piece of gold if he would do her a service. There was in the town a great dark gate-way through which she had to pass morning and evening with her geese, and she asked the man to take Falada's head and to nail it on the gate, that she might always see it as she passed by. And the man promised, and he took Falada's head and nailed it fast in the dark gate-way.

Early next morning as she and Conrad drove their geese through the gate, she said as she went by:
"O Falada, dost thou hang there?"And the head answered:
"Princess, dost thou so meanly fare?
But if thy mother knew thy pain,
Her heart would surely break in twain."But she went on through the town, driving her geese to the field.

And when they came into the meadows, she sat down and undid her hair, which was all of gold, and when Conrad saw how it glistened, he wanted to pull out a few hairs for himself. And she said:
"O wind, blow Conrad's hat away,
Make him run after as it flies,
While I with my gold hair will play,
And twist it up in seemly wise.
"Then there came a wind strong enough to blow Conrad's hat far away over the fields, and he had to run after it; and by the time he came back she had put up her hair with combs and pins, and he could not get at any to pull it out; and he was sulky and would not speak to her; so they looked after the geese until the evening came, and then they went home.

The next morning, as they passed under the dark gate-way, the Princess said:
"O Falada, dost thou hang there?"And Falada answered:
"Princess, dost thou so meanly fare?
But if thy mother knew thy pain,
Her heart would surely break in twain."And when they reached the fields she sat down and began to comb out her hair; then Conrad came up and wanted to seize upon some of it, and she cried:

"O wind, blow Conrad's hat away,
Make him run after as it flies,
While I with my gold hair will play,
And do it up
in seemly wise."Then the wind came and blew Conrad's hat very far away, so that he had to run after it, and when he came back again her hair was put up again, so that he could pull none of it out; and they tended the geese until the evening.

And after they had got home, Conrad went to the old King and said: "I will tend the geese no longer with that girl!" - "Why not?" asked the old King. "Because she vexes me the whole day long," answered Conrad. Then the old King ordered him to tell how it was. "Every morning," said Conrad, "as we pass under the dark gate-way with the geese, there is an old horse's head hanging on the wall, and she says to it:
'O Falada, dost thou hang there?'And the head answers:

'Princess, dost thou so meanly fare?
But if thy mother knew thy pain,
Her heart would surely break in twain.'"And besides this, Conrad related all that happened in the fields, and how he was obliged to run after his hat.

The old King told him to go to drive the geese next morning as usual, and he himself went behind the gate and listened how the maiden spoke to Falada; and then he followed them into the fields, and hid himself behind a bush; and he watched the goose-boy and the goose-girl tend the geese; and after a while he

saw the girl make her hair all loose, and how it gleamed and shone.

Soon she said:
"O wind, blow Conrad's hat away,
And make him follow as it flies,
While I with my gold hair will play,
And bind it up in seemly wise.

"Then there came a gust of wind and away went Conrad's hat, and he after it, while the maiden combed and bound up her hair; and the old King saw all that went on.

At last he went unnoticed away, and when the goose-girl came back in the evening he sent for her, and asked the reason of her doing all this. "That I dare not tell you," she answered, "nor can I tell any man of my woe, for when I was in danger of my life I swore an oath not to reveal it." And he pressed her sore, and left her no peace, but he could get nothing out of her. At last he said, "If you will not tell it me, tell it to the iron oven," and went away.

Then she crept into the iron oven, and began to weep and to lament, and at last she opened her heart and said, "Here I sit forsaken of all the world, and I am a King's daughter, and a wicked waiting-woman forced me to give up my royal garments and my place at the bridegroom's side, and I am made a goose-girl, and have to do mean service. And if my mother knew, it would break her heart." Now the old King was standing outside by the oven-door listening, and he heard all she said, and he called to her and told her to come out of the oven.

And he caused royal clothing to be put upon her, and it was a marvel to see how beautiful she was. The old King then called his son and proved to him that he had the wrong bride, for she was really only a waiting-woman, and that the true bride was here at hand, she who had been the goose-girl. The Prince was glad at heart when he saw her beauty and gentleness; and a great feast was made ready, and all the court people and good friends were bidden to it.

The bridegroom sat in the midst with the Princess on one side and the waiting-woman on the other; and the false bride did not know the true one, because she was dazzled with her glittering braveries. When all the company had eaten and drunk and were merry, the old King gave the waiting-woman a question to answer, as to what such an one deserved, who had deceived her masters in such and such a manner, telling the whole story, and ending by asking:

"Now, what doom does such an one deserve?" - "No better than this," answered the false bride, "that she be put naked into a cask, studded inside with sharp nails, and be dragged along in it by two white horses from street to street, until she be dead." "Thou hast spoken thy own doom," said the old King, "as thou hast said, so shall it be done." And when the sentence was fulfilled, the Prince married the true bride, and ever after they ruled over their kingdom in peace and blessedness.¨

Husopaska Bratři Grimmové

yla jednou jedna královna, která byla už dlouho vdova, a ta měla krásnou dceru. Když princezna vyrostla, požádal ji o ruku princ z daleké země. A když přišel čas a princezna se měla vydat za ženichem, vystrojila ji její milující matka na cestu s tolika poklady, bylo vám to krásných věcí, zlata, stříbra, šperků, nádobí; zkrátka všechno, čím se uctívají královské nevěsty. Doprovázet měla princezničku jedna mladičká komorná; té královna milovanou dcerku poručila; ta ji měla předat do rukou ženicha. Obě dívky dostaly na cestu koně, ten princeznin se jmenoval Falada a nebyl to jen tak nějaký kůň, ten vám uměl mluvit! Když nadešla hodina loučení, odešla matka do ložnice, tam vzala nožík, řízla se do prstu a tři kapky své královské krve nechala skanout na bělounký klůcek. Ten pak dala dceři a pravila: „Milé dítě, tento klůcek opatruj jako oko v hlavě, bude tě cestou chránit.“ Pak se v slzách rozloučily, princezna si klůcek strčila do záňadří, nasedla na Faladu a vydala se za ženichem.

ely asi hodinu a tu princezna najednou pocítila velkou žízeň, a tak řekla komorné: „Sestup a naplň mi můj zlatý pohár vodou z pramene, ráda bych se napila.“ „Když máte žízeň,“ pravila komorná nevrle: „slezte z koně, lehněte si k vodě a napijte se, já nejsem vaše děvečka!“ Princezně, protože měla opravdu ukrutánskou žízeň, nezbylo než sestoupit z koně, sklonit se nad pramenem a pít; musela se obejít bez svého zlatého poháru. Tiše si povzdechla: „Ach bože!“ Tu zašeptaly tři kapky matčiny krve: „Kdyby tohle tvoje matka viděla, srdce by jí puklo od lítosti.“ Ale princezna byla pokorná, neřekla nic a opět nasedla na koně.

jely několik mil, ale den byl horký a princezna zase dostala žízeň. Protože to byla duše čistá a na zlá slova své komorné dávno zapomněla, zavolala na ni: „Sestup a naplň mi můj zlatý pohárek!“ Ale zpupná komorná odsekla: „Chcete-li pít, napijte se sama, nejsem vaše děvečka!“ Tak princezna zase sestoupila z koně, položila se k tekoucí vodě, zaplakala a řekla: „Ach Bože!“ Tu ji odpověděly tři kapky matčiny krve: „Kdyby tohle tvoje matka viděla, srdce by jí puklo od lítosti.“ Když pak princezna pila, příliš se naklonila a klůcek s třemi kapkami krve ji vypadnul a uplaval po vodě, aniž by to zpozorovala. Ale komorná se z toho potají radovala, neboť bez ochrany tři kapek mateřské krve jí byla princezna vydána všanc. Když chtěla opět nasednout na Faladu, komorná se na ni osopila: „Falada patří mně, ty si vezmi tuhle herku!“ Pak princeznu donutila svléci královské šaty a obléci si její obyčejné a k posledku musela také přísahat, že o tom na královském dvoře ani necekne, a když to nedodrží, bude po ní. Jen Falada byl mlčenlivým svědkem toho zločinného chování. Pak jely dál, až konečně dorazily na královský zámek.

am je přivítali s jásotem a radostí, sám princ jim vyšel vstříc, pomohl komorné z koně, protože si myslil, že je to jeho nevěsta, a vedl si ji po schodech vzhůru; princezny si nikdo ani nevšimnul, zůstala stát dole pod schody a bezradně se rozhlížela. Starý král, který shlížel z okna, ji tam uviděl a velmi se podivil, byla tak křehká, jemná a krásná; vešel do hodovní síně a zeptal se nevěsty na tu, která stojí dole na dvoře, kdopak to je. „Ale jen jedna komorná, vzala jsem ji na cestu, aby mi rychleji ubíhala, dejte si nějakou práci, ať tu nezahalí!“ Ale král pro ni neměl žádnou práci, až nakonec rozhodl: „Mám tu malého chlapce, který pase husy, tomu by mohla pomáhat.“ Chlapec se jmenoval Ječmínek a tomu měla princezna pomáhat pást husy.

ruhého dne pravila komorná princi: „Milovaný manželi, splníte mi jedno přání?“ On odvětil: „Jistě, má milovaná.“ „Nechejte zavolat řezníka a toho koně, na kterém jsem přijela, nechejte porazit, začíná jankovatět!“ Komorná se totiž děsila toho, že by Falada mohl promluvit. Když se princezna dozvěděla, že Falada má umřít, tu zašla ve vší tajnosti za řezníkem a zaplatila mu zlatem za jednu malou službičku. Měl přibít Faladovu hlavu nad Půlnoční bránu, kudy chodila každé ráno na pastvu. A řezník slib splnil, uťal koni hlavu a přibil ji nad bránu.

ruhý den ráno, když s Ječmínkem hnali Půlnoční bránou husy na pastvu, princezna si povzdechla: „Ubohý Falado, nad Půlnoční bránou přibitý.“ A koňská hlava jí odvětila: „Panno královničko, co kráčíš k půlnoci, kdyby tvá matka věděla, že tě vydala zlé moci, srdce by jí puklo žalem.“ Když přišli na pastvu, posadila se dívka do trávy a rozpustila si své zlaté vlasy. Když to Ječmínek viděl, chtěl si jich pár vytrhnout. Tu princezna zvolala: „Větříku, větříku, pospíchej, Ječmínkův klobouk unášej, za ním honí se lukami ať, než vlasy spletu, pak mu jej vrať!“ A tu zavanul silný vítr, shodil Ječmínkovi klobouček a hnal ho po zemi a chlapec za ním musel volky nevolky běžet. Než ho dohnal, měla princezna vlasy učesány a zapleteny, takže si musel na zlato nechat zajít chuť! To ho pohněvalo a už si dívky nevšímal; a tak pásli husy mlčky až do večera, pak šli domů.

ruhého rána, když procházeli Půlnoční bránou, dívka pravila: „Ubohý Falado, nad Půlnoční bránou přibitý.“ A koňská hlava jí odvětila: „Panno královničko, co kráčíš k půlnoci, kdyby tvá matka věděla, že tě vydala zlé moci, srdce by jí puklo žalem.“ A když si v polích na louce sedla a začala si česat vlasy a Ječmínek ji zase chtěl nějaké vytrhnout, tu rychle zavolala: „Větříku, větříku, pospíchej, Ječmínkův klobouk unášej, za ním honí se lukami ať, než vlasy spletu, pak mu jej vrať!“ Tu opět zavanul vítr a strhnul mu klobouček z hlavy a on za ním zase musel běhat; když přišel konečně zpět, měla své krásné zlaté vlasy zase upraveny, a nemohl ji žádný vytrhnout; a pak pásli husy, dokud nenastal večer.

le večer, když přišli domů, šel Ječmínek ke starému králi a pravil: „S tou dívkou už pást husy nechci!“ „Pročpak ne?“ zeptal se král. „Protože mne celý den zlobí.“ Tu mu král poručil, aby mu vypověděl vše, jak to celý den chodí. Ječmínek pravil: „Ráno, když jdeme s husami Půlnoční bránou, mluví s tou koňskou hlavou: „Ubohý Falado, nad Půlnoční bránou přibitý.“ A koňská hlava jí odvětí: „Panno královničko, co kráčíš k půlnoci, kdyby tvá matka věděla, že tě vydala zlé moci, srdce by jí puklo žalem.“ A pak Ječmínek dál vyprávěl, jak to chodí na husí pastvě, jak mu vítr shazuje klobouček a on ho musí honit po polích.

u mu král poručil, aby i příštího dne vyhnali husy na pastvu; a on sám, když nastalo ráno, se ukryl v Půlnoční bráně a slyšel, jak husopaska mluví s Faladou. A pak šel král na pole a ukryl se na louce za jeden keř. Na vlastní oči viděl, jak husopaska s pasáčkem přihnali husy, a jak si po malé chvíli sedla do trávy a rozpustila vlasy, které jí zářily na slunci. Po chvíli zvolala: „Větříku, větříku, pospíchej, Ječmínkův klobouk unášej, za ním honí se lukami ať, než vlasy spletu, pak mu jej vrať!“ Tu zavál vítr a vzal Ječmínkovi z hlavy klobouček, musel za ním utíkat a děvečka se zatím učesala a spletla si lokny.

dyž se večer husopaska vrátila domů, zavolal si ji král stranou a zeptal se jí, proč to všechno dělala. „Nesmím a nemohu vám nic říci, pane králi, neboť jsem při Bohu všemohoucím přísahala, že to neprozradím, jinak bych přišla o život.“ Král ji přemlouval, ale ona se nedala pohnout, až nakonec řekl: „Mne to tedy říci nemůžeš, ale mohla bys sis postěžovat třeba peci!“ a odešel pryč. Tak si princezna vlezla do pece a začala v ní plakat a naříkat: „Sedím tu celým světem opuštěná, já ubohá královská dcera, komornou má můj princ po svém boku a mě mají za husopasku! Kdyby to moje matka věděla, srdce by jí žalem puklo.“ Král ale zůstal stát venku za pecí, a tak slyšel všechno, co řekla. Pak vešel opět dovnitř a poručil dívce vyjít z pece ven. Nechal ji obléci do královských šatů a rázem jakoby vyšla hvězda, tak vám byla krásná.

tarý král zavolal syna a vyjevil mu, že má po bodu falešnou ženu, že to je jen komorná, ta pravá stojí tady vedle něj. Princ byl ze srdce rád, když viděl dívčinu krásu a ctnost. Nechali vystrojit obrovskou hostinu a sezvali na ni hosty. Ženich seděl uprostřed, z jedné strany komorná, z druhé princezna, kterou zaslepená komorná v těch nádherných šatech nepoznala. Když pojedli a popili a byli v dobrém rozmaru, dal starý král komorné hádanku, jaký trest si zaslouží ten, kdo vládce tak a tak obelže; i vyprávěl jí celý příběh. „Jaký trest si takový člověk zaslouží?“ odsekla falešná nevěsta: „Nahého jej zavřete do sudu naplněného hřebíky a jehlami, pak dejte zapřáhnout dva bělouše, ať ten sud vláčejí ulicemi královského města, dokud ten hříšník nevypustí duši!“ “Sama jsi o svém osudu rozhodla!“ řekl král. „A tak se ti také stane!“