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All went right: then the fox said, 'When you come to the castle

where the bird is, I will stay with the princess at the door, and

you will ride in and speak to the king; and when he sees that it

is the right horse, he will bring out the bird; but you must sit

still, and say that you want to look at it, to see whether it is

the true golden bird; and when you get it into your hand, ride

away.'

This, too, happened as the fox said; they carried off the bird,

the princess mounted again, and they rode on to a great wood.

Then the fox came, and said, 'Pray kill me, and cut off my head

and my feet.' But the young man refused to do it: so the fox

said, 'I will at any rate give you good counsel: beware of two

things; ransom no one from the gallows, and sit down by the side

of no river.' Then away he went. 'Well,' thought the young man,

'it is no hard matter to keep that advice.'