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As they came to the castle, all was as the fox had said, and at

twelve o'clock the young man met the princess going to the bath

and gave her the kiss, and she agreed to run away with him, but

begged with many tears that he would let her take leave of her

father. At first he refused, but she wept still more and more,

and fell at his feet, till at last he consented; but the moment

she came to her father's house the guards awoke and he was taken

prisoner again.

Then he was brought before the king, and the king said, 'You

shall never have my daughter unless in eight days you dig away

the hill that stops the view from my window.' Now this hill was

so big that the whole world could not take it away: and when he

had worked for seven days, and had done very little, the fox came

and said. 'Lie down and go to sleep; I will work for you.' And in

the morning he awoke and the hill was gone; so he went merrily to

the king, and told him that now that it was removed he must give

him the princess.