. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . THE SWANS CAr^ECLOiEVJP TO HER. WITH STOOPED ;5oTM«T. 198 THE SIX SWANS. 199 soon he was in his royal castle again, where the wedding washeld The king had been married before, and his first wife hadleft seven children, six boys and one girl, whom he lovedbetter than all the world, and as he was afraid the step-mothermight not behave well to them, and perhaps would do themsome mischief, he took them to a lonely castle standing in themiddle of a wood. There they remained hidden, for the road toit was so hard to find that the
. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . THE SWANS CAr^ECLOiEVJP TO HER. WITH STOOPED ;5oTM«T. 198 THE SIX SWANS. 199 soon he was in his royal castle again, where the wedding washeld The king had been married before, and his first wife hadleft seven children, six boys and one girl, whom he lovedbetter than all the world, and as he was afraid the step-mothermight not behave well to them, and perhaps would do themsome mischief, he took them to a lonely castle standing in themiddle of a wood. There they remained hidden, for the road toit was so hard to find that the king himself could not havefound it, had it not been for a clew of yarn, possessing wonder-ful properties, that a wise woman had given him; when hethrew it down before him, it unrolled itself and showed himthe way. And the king went so often to see his dear children,that the queen was displeased at his absence; and she becamecurious and wanted to know what he went out into the woodfor so often alone. She bribed his servants with much money,and they showed her the secret, and told her of the clew ofyarn, which alone cou
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