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So he went out and took the maiden aside, and said: 'Tonight when

the boy is asleep, go to his bed and plunge this knife into his

heart, and bring me his heart and tongue, and if you do not do

it, you shall lose your life.' Thereupon he went away, and when

he returned next day she had not done it, and said: 'Why should I

shed the blood of an innocent boy who has never harmed anyone?'

The cook once more said: 'If you do not do it, it shall cost you

your own life.' When he had gone away, she had a little hind

brought to her, and ordered her to be killed, and took her heart

and tongue, and laid them on a plate, and when she saw the old

man coming, she said to the boy: 'Lie down in your bed, and draw

the clothes over you.' Then the wicked wretch came in and said:

'Where are the boy's heart and tongue?' The girl reached the

plate to him, but the king's son threw off the quilt, and said:

'You old sinner, why did you want to kill me? Now will I

pronounce thy sentence.