The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . Tliey hurried away as (juickly as tliey could. But the old woman called out: Come and eat, and leavethe search till to-morrow ; the finger wont run away. The murderer said : The old woman is right, and theygave up the search and sat down to supper. But the oldwoman dropped a sleeping draught into their wine, so theysoon lay down, went to sleep, and snored lustily. When the Bride heard them snoring she came out frombehind the cask ; but she was obhged to step over the sleepers,as they lay in rows upon the floor. She was dreadfully afraidof touching them,
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . Tliey hurried away as (juickly as tliey could. But the old woman called out: Come and eat, and leavethe search till to-morrow ; the finger wont run away. The murderer said : The old woman is right, and theygave up the search and sat down to supper. But the oldwoman dropped a sleeping draught into their wine, so theysoon lay down, went to sleep, and snored lustily. When the Bride heard them snoring she came out frombehind the cask ; but she was obhged to step over the sleepers,as they lay in rows upon the floor. She was dreadfully afraidof touching them, but God helped her, and she got throughwithout mishap. The old woman went with her and opened122. THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM the door, and they hurried away as quickly as they could fromthis vile den. All the ashes had been blown away by the wind, but thepeas and lentils had taken root and shot up, and showed themthe way in the moonlight. They walked the whole night, and reached the mill in themorning. The Maiden told her father all that she had beenthrough. When the day which had been fixed for the wedding came,the Bridegroom appeared, and the Miller invited all his friendsand relations. As they sat at table, each one was asked to tellsome story. The Bride was very silent, but when it cameto her turn, and the Bridegroom said, Come, my love, haveyou nothing to say ? Pray tell us something, she answered : I will tell you a dream I have had. I was walking alonein a wood, and I came to a sohtary house where not a soul wasto be seen. A cage was hanging on the wall of one of therooms, and in it there was a bird which cried— Turn back, turn back, thou bonnie Bride,Nor in this house of deat
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