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The king, however, would not give his consent, and said: 'It is

not safe in there; I fear it would fare with you no better than

with the others, and you would never come out again.' The

huntsman replied: 'Lord, I will venture it at my own risk, of

fear I know nothing.'

The huntsman therefore betook himself with his dog to the forest.

It was not long before the dog fell in with some game on the way,

and wanted to pursue it; but hardly had the dog run two steps

when it stood before a deep pool, could go no farther, and a

naked arm stretched itself out of the water, seized it, and drew

it under. When the huntsman saw that, he went back and fetched

three men to come with buckets and bale out the water. When they

could see to the bottom there lay a wild man whose body was brown

like rusty iron, and whose hair hung over his face down to his

knees. They bound him with cords, and led him away to the castle.

There was great astonishment over the wild man; the king,

however, had him put in an iron cage in his courtyard, and

forbade the door to be opened on pain of death, and the queen

herself was to take the key into her keeping. And from this time

forth everyone could again go into the forest with safety.