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When they had eaten and drank, and were very merry, the old king

said he would tell them a tale. So he began, and told all the

story of the princess, as if it was one that he had once heard;

and he asked the true waiting-maid what she thought ought to be

done to anyone who would behave thus. 'Nothing better,' said this

false bride, 'than that she should be thrown into a cask stuck

round with sharp nails, and that two white horses should be put

to it, and should drag it from street to street till she was

dead.' 'Thou art she!' said the old king; 'and as thou has judged

thyself, so shall it be done to thee.' And the young king was

then married to his true wife, and they reigned over the kingdom

in peace and happiness all their lives; and the good fairy came

to see them, and restored the faithful Falada to life again.

THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET

1. HOW THEY WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO EAT NUTS