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Then he went into the house, and was welcomed kindly; and it was

not long before he was so much in love that he thought of nothing

else but looking at the lady's eyes, and doing everything that

she wished. Then the old woman said, 'Now is the time for getting

the bird's heart.' So the lady stole it away, and he never found

any more gold under his pillow, for it lay now under the young

lady's, and the old woman took it away every morning; but he was

so much in love that he never missed his prize.