The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . he took him to the Court, where the King had causedall the flour in the kingdom to be brought together, and a hugemountain of bread to be baked. The Man from the forest satdown before it and began to eat, and at the end of the day thewhole mountain had disappeared. Now, for the third time, Simpleton asked for his again the King tried to find an excuse, and demanded aship which could sail on land as well as at sea. As soon as you sail up in it, you shall have my daughter,he said. Simpleton went straight to the forest, and there sat thelittle gre
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . he took him to the Court, where the King had causedall the flour in the kingdom to be brought together, and a hugemountain of bread to be baked. The Man from the forest satdown before it and began to eat, and at the end of the day thewhole mountain had disappeared. Now, for the third time, Simpleton asked for his again the King tried to find an excuse, and demanded aship which could sail on land as well as at sea. As soon as you sail up in it, you shall have my daughter,he said. Simpleton went straight to the forest, and there sat thelittle grey Man to whom he had given his cake. The little Mansaid : I have eaten and drunk for you, and now I will giveyou the ship, too. I do it all because you were merciful to me. Then he gave him the ship which could sail on land as wellas at sea, and when the King saw it he could no longer withholdhis daughter. The marriage was celebrated, and, at theKings death, the Simpleton inherited the kingdom, and livedlong and happily with his The King could no longer withhold his daughter. 263 The Water of Life THERE was once a King who was so ill that it wasthought impossible his life could be saved. He hadthree sons, and they were all in great distress on hisaccount, and they went into the castle gardens and wept at thethought that he must die. An old man came up to them andasked the cause of their grief. They told him that their fatherwas dying, and nothing could save him. The old man said, There is only one remedy which I know ; it is the Water ofLife. If he drinks of it, he will recover, but it is very difficultto find. The eldest son said, I will soon find it ; and he went tothe sick man to ask permission to go in search of the Water ofLife, as that was the only thing to cure him. No, said the King. The danger is too great. I wouldrather die. But he persisted so long that at last the King gave hispermission. The Prince thought, If I bring this water I shall be thefavourite, and
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