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witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but
herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.

Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a
carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white
ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden
chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry.
Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a
frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart,
lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to
conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them
both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because
of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the
king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken.
So he turned round and cried, "Henry, the carriage is breaking."
"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart,
which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and
imprisoned in the well." Again and once again while they were on
their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the
carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing
from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and
was happy.
Hard by a great forest dwelt a wood-cutter with his wife, who had an
only child, a little girl three years old. They were so poor,
however, that they no longer had daily bread, and did not know how to
get food for her. One morning the wood-cutter went out sorrowfully
to his work in the forest, and while he was cutting wood, suddenly
there stood before him a tall and beautiful woman with a crown of
shining stars on her head, who said to him 'I am the virgin mary,
mother of the child jesus. You are poor and needy, bring your child
to me, I will take her with me and be her mother, and care for her.'
The wood-cutter obeyed, brought his child, and gave her to the virgin
mary, who took her up to heaven with her. There the child fared
well, ate sugar-cakes, and drank sweet milk, and her clothes were of
gold, and the little angels played with her. And when she was
fourteen years of age, the virgin mary called her one day and said
'dear child, I am about to make a long journey, so take into your
keeping the keys of the thirteen doors of heaven. Twelve of these
you may open, and behold the glory which is within them, but the
thirteenth, to which this little key belongs, is forbidden you. Take
care not to open it, or you will be unhappy.' The girl promised to be
obedient, and when the virgin mary was gone, she began to examine the
dwellings of the kingdom of heaven. Each day she opened one of them,
until she had made the round of the twelve. In each of them sat one
of the apostles in the midst of a great light, and she rejoiced in
all the magnificence and splendor, and the little angels who always
accompanied her rejoiced with her. Then the forbidden door alone
remained, and she felt a great desire to know what could be hidden
behind it, and said to the angels 'I will not open it entirely, and I
will not go inside, but I will unlock it so that we can see just a
little through the opening.' 'Oh'no, said the little angels, 'that
would be a sin. The virgin mary has forbidden it, and it might
easily cause your unhappiness.' Then she was silent, but the desire
in her heart was not stilled, but gnawed there and tormented her, and
let her have no rest. And once when the angels had all gone out, she
thought 'now I am quite alone, and I could peep in. If I do, no one
will ever know.' She sought out the key, and when she had got it in
her hand, she put it in the lock, and when she had put it in, she
turned it round as well. Then the door sprang open, and she saw
there the trinity sitting in fire and splendor. She stayed there
awhile, and looked at everything in amazement, then she touched the
light a little with her finger, and her finger became quite golden.
Immediately a great fear fell on her. She shut the door violently,
and ran hi there. But her terror would not quit her, let her do what she
'Yes, said the girl, for the second time. Then she perceived the
finger which had become golden from touching the fire of heaven, and
saw well that the child had sinned, and said for the third time 'have
you not done it.' 'No, said the girl for the third time. Then said
the virgin mary 'you have not obeyed me, and besides that you have
lied, you are no longer worthy to be in heaven.' Then the girl fell
into a deep sleep, and when she awoke she lay on the earth below, and
in the midst of a wilderness. She wanted to cry out, but she could
bring forth no sound. She sprang up and wanted to run away, but
whithersoever she turned herself, she was continually held back by
thick hedges of thorns through which she could not break. In the
desert, in which she was imprisoned, there stood an old hollow tree,
and this had to be her dwelling-place. Into this she crept when
night came, and here she slept. Here, too, she found a shelter from
might, and her heart beat continually and would not be still, the gold too
stayed on her finger, and would not go away, let her rub it and wash it
never so much. It was not long before the virgin mary came back from her
journey. She called the girl before her, and asked to have the keys of
heaven back. When the maiden gave her the bunch, the virgin looked into
her eyes and said 'have you not opened the thirteenth door also.' 'No, she
replied. Then she laid her hand on the girl's heart, and felt how it beat
and beat, and saw right well that she had disobeyed her order and had
opened the door. Then she said once again 'are you certain that you have
not done it.'
storm and rain, but it was a miserable life, and bitterly did she
weep when she remembered how happy she had been in heaven, and how
the angels had played with her. Roots and wild berries were her only
food, and for these she sought as far as she could go. In the autumn
she picked up the fallen nuts and leaves, and carried them into the
hole. The nuts were her food in winter, and when snow and ice came,
she crept amongst the leaves like a poor little animal that she might
not freeze. Before long her clothes were all torn, and one bit of
them after another fell off her. As soon, however, as the sun shone
warm again, she went out and sat in front of the tree, and her long
hair covered her on all sides like a mantle. Thus she sat year after
year, and felt the pain and the misery of the world. One day, when

witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but

herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.

Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a

carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white

ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden

chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry.

Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a

frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart,

lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to

conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them

both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because

of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the

king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken.

So he turned round and cried, "Henry, the carriage is breaking."

"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart,

which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and

imprisoned in the well." Again and once again while they were on

their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the

carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing

from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and

was happy.

Hard by a great forest dwelt a wood-cutter with his wife, who had an

only child, a little girl three years old. They were so poor,

however, that they no longer had daily bread, and did not know how to

get food for her. One morning the wood-cutter went out sorrowfully

to his work in the forest, and while he was cutting wood, suddenly

there stood before him a tall and beautiful woman with a crown of

shining stars on her head, who said to him 'I am the virgin mary,

mother of the child jesus. You are poor and needy, bring your child

to me, I will take her with me and be her mother, and care for her.'

The wood-cutter obeyed, brought his child, and gave her to the virgin

mary, who took her up to heaven with her. There the child fared

well, ate sugar-cakes, and drank sweet milk, and her clothes were of

gold, and the little angels played with her. And when she was

fourteen years of age, the virgin mary called her one day and said

'dear child, I am about to make a long journey, so take into your

keeping the keys of the thirteen doors of heaven. Twelve of these

you may open, and behold the glory which is within them, but the

thirteenth, to which this little key belongs, is forbidden you. Take

care not to open it, or you will be unhappy.' The girl promised to be

obedient, and when the virgin mary was gone, she began to examine the

dwellings of the kingdom of heaven. Each day she opened one of them,

until she had made the round of the twelve. In each of them sat one

of the apostles in the midst of a great light, and she rejoiced in

all the magnificence and splendor, and the little angels who always

accompanied her rejoiced with her. Then the forbidden door alone

remained, and she felt a great desire to know what could be hidden

behind it, and said to the angels 'I will not open it entirely, and I

will not go inside, but I will unlock it so that we can see just a

little through the opening.' 'Oh'no, said the little angels, 'that

would be a sin. The virgin mary has forbidden it, and it might

easily cause your unhappiness.' Then she was silent, but the desire

in her heart was not stilled, but gnawed there and tormented her, and

let her have no rest. And once when the angels had all gone out, she

thought 'now I am quite alone, and I could peep in. If I do, no one

will ever know.' She sought out the key, and when she had got it in

her hand, she put it in the lock, and when she had put it in, she

turned it round as well. Then the door sprang open, and she saw

there the trinity sitting in fire and splendor. She stayed there

awhile, and looked at everything in amazement, then she touched the

light a little with her finger, and her finger became quite golden.

Immediately a great fear fell on her. She shut the door violently,

and ran hi there. But her terror would not quit her, let her do what she

'Yes, said the girl, for the second time. Then she perceived the

finger which had become golden from touching the fire of heaven, and

saw well that the child had sinned, and said for the third time 'have

you not done it.' 'No, said the girl for the third time. Then said

the virgin mary 'you have not obeyed me, and besides that you have

lied, you are no longer worthy to be in heaven.' Then the girl fell

into a deep sleep, and when she awoke she lay on the earth below, and

in the midst of a wilderness. She wanted to cry out, but she could

bring forth no sound. She sprang up and wanted to run away, but

whithersoever she turned herself, she was continually held back by

thick hedges of thorns through which she could not break. In the

desert, in which she was imprisoned, there stood an old hollow tree,

and this had to be her dwelling-place. Into this she crept when

night came, and here she slept. Here, too, she found a shelter from

might, and her heart beat continually and would not be still, the gold too

stayed on her finger, and would not go away, let her rub it and wash it

never so much. It was not long before the virgin mary came back from her

journey. She called the girl before her, and asked to have the keys of

heaven back. When the maiden gave her the bunch, the virgin looked into

her eyes and said 'have you not opened the thirteenth door also.' 'No, she

replied. Then she laid her hand on the girl's heart, and felt how it beat

and beat, and saw right well that she had disobeyed her order and had

opened the door. Then she said once again 'are you certain that you have

not done it.'

storm and rain, but it was a miserable life, and bitterly did she

weep when she remembered how happy she had been in heaven, and how

the angels had played with her. Roots and wild berries were her only

food, and for these she sought as far as she could go. In the autumn

she picked up the fallen nuts and leaves, and carried them into the

hole. The nuts were her food in winter, and when snow and ice came,

she crept amongst the leaves like a poor little animal that she might

not freeze. Before long her clothes were all torn, and one bit of

them after another fell off her. As soon, however, as the sun shone

warm again, she went out and sat in front of the tree, and her long

hair covered her on all sides like a mantle. Thus she sat year after

year, and felt the pain and the misery of the world. One day, when