The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . came to the lake, the ducks he hadonce saved, swam up, dived, and brought up the key from thedepths. But the third task was the hardest. The Prince had tofind out which was the youngest and most charming of thePrincesses while they were asleep. They were exactly alike, and could not be distinguished inany way, except that before going to sleep each had eaten a 207 GRIMMS FAIRY TALES different kind of sweet. The eldest a piece of sugar, thesecond a httle syrup, and the third a spoonful of honey. Then the Queen of the Bees, whom the Blockhead hadsaved from
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . came to the lake, the ducks he hadonce saved, swam up, dived, and brought up the key from thedepths. But the third task was the hardest. The Prince had tofind out which was the youngest and most charming of thePrincesses while they were asleep. They were exactly alike, and could not be distinguished inany way, except that before going to sleep each had eaten a 207 GRIMMS FAIRY TALES different kind of sweet. The eldest a piece of sugar, thesecond a httle syrup, and the third a spoonful of honey. Then the Queen of the Bees, whom the Blockhead hadsaved from burning, came and tried the lips of all , she settled on the mouth of the one who had eaten thehoney, and so the Prince recognised the right one. Then the charm was broken and everything in the castlewas set free, and those who had been turned to stone tookhuman form again. And the Blockhead married the youngest and sweetestPrincess, and became King after her fathers death, while histwo Brothers married the other The Three Sleeping Princesses. 208 The Elves and the Shoemaker THERE was once a Shoemaker who, through no fault ofhis own, had become so poor that at last he had onlyleather enough left for one pair of shoes. At eveninghe cut out the shoes which he intended to begin upon the nextmorning, and since he had a good conscience, he lay downquietly, said his prayers, and fell asleep. In the morning when he had said his prayers, and waspreparing to sit down to work, he found the pair of shoesstanding finished on his table. He was amazed, and could notunderstand it in the least. He took the shoes in his hand to examine them more were so neatly sewn that not a stitch was out of place,and were as good as the work of a master-hand. Soon after a purchaser came in, and as he was much pleasedwith the shoes, he paid more than the ordinary price for them,so that the Shoemaker was able to buy leather for two pairs ofshoes with the money. He cut them
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