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1The king of a great land died, and left his queen to take care of their only child. This child was a daughter, who was
2very beautiful; and her mother loved her dearly, and was very kind to her. And there was a good fairy too, who was fond
3of the princess, and helped her mother to watch over her. When she grew up, she was betrothed to a prince who lived a
4great way off; and as the time drew near for her to be married, she got ready to set off on her journey to his country.
5Then the queen her mother, packed up a great many costly things; jewels, and gold, and silver; trinkets, fine dresses,
6and in short everything that became a royal bride. And she gave her a waiting-maid to ride with her, and give her into
7the bridegroom's hands; and each had a horse for the journey. Now the princess's horse was the fairy's gift, and it was
8called Falada, and could speak. When the time came for them to set out, the fairy went into her bed-chamber, and took a
9little knife, and cut off a lock of her hair, and gave it to the princess, and said, 'Take care of it, dear child; for
10it is a charm that may be of use to you on the road.' Then they all took a sorrowful leave of the princess; and she put
11the lock of hair into her bosom, got upon her horse, and set off on her journey to her bridegroom's kingdom. One day, as
12they were riding along by a brook, the princess began to feel very thirsty: and she said to her maid, 'Pray get down,
13and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder brook, for I want to drink.' 'Nay,' said the maid, 'if you are
14thirsty, get off yourself, and stoop down by the water and drink; I shall not be your waiting-maid any longer.' Then she
15was so thirsty that she got down, and knelt over the little brook, and drank; for she was frightened, and dared not
16bring out her golden cup; and she wept and said, 'Alas! what will become of me?' And the lock answered her, and said:
17'Alas! alas! if thy mother knew it, Sadly, sadly, would she rue it.' But the princess was very gentle and meek, so she
18said nothing to her maid's ill behaviour, but got upon her horse again. Then all rode farther on their journey, till the
19day grew so warm, and the sun so scorching, that the bride began to feel very thirsty again; and at last, when they came
20to a river, she forgot her maid's rude speech, and said, 'Pray get down, and fetch me some water to drink in my golden
21cup.' But the maid answered her, and even spoke more haughtily than before: 'Drink if you will, but I shall not be your
22waiting-maid.' Then the princess was so thirsty that she got off her horse, and lay down, and held her head over the
23running stream, and cried and said, 'What will become of me?' And the lock of hair answered her again: 'Alas! alas! if
24thy mother knew it, Sadly, sadly, would she rue it.' And as she leaned down to drink, the lock of hair fell from her
25bosom, and floated away with the water. Now she was so frightened that she did not see it; but her maid saw it, and was
26very glad, for she knew the charm; and she saw that the poor bride would be in her power, now that she had lost the
27hair. So when the bride had done drinking, and would have got upon Falada again, the maid said, 'I shall ride upon
28Falada, and you may have my horse instead'; so she was forced to give up her horse, and soon afterwards to take off her
29royal clothes and put on her maid's shabby ones. At last, as they drew near the end of their journey, this treacherous
30servant threatened to kill her mistress if she ever told anyone what had happened. But Falada saw it all, and marked it
31well. Then the waiting-maid got upon Falada, and the real bride rode upon the other horse, and they went on in this way
32till at last they came to the royal court. There was great joy at their coming, and the prince flew to meet them, and
33lifted the maid from her horse, thinking she was the one who was to be his wife; and she was led upstairs to the royal
34chamber; but the true princess was told to stay in the court below. Now the old king happened just then to have nothing
35else to do; so he amused himself by sitting at his kitchen window, looking at what was going on; and he saw her in the
36courtyard. As she looked very pretty, and too delicate for a waiting-maid, he went up into the royal chamber to ask the
37bride who it was she had brought with her, that was thus left standing in the court below. 'I brought her with me for
38the sake of her company on the road,' said she; 'pray give the girl some work to do, that she may not be idle.' The old
39king could not for some time think of any work for her to do; but at last he said, 'I have a lad who takes care of my
40geese; she may go and help him.' Now the name of this lad, that the real bride was to help in watching the king's geese,
41was Curdken. But the false bride said to the prince, 'Dear husband, pray do me one piece of kindness.' 'That I will,'
42said the prince. 'Then tell one of your slaughterers to cut off the head of the horse I rode upon, for it was very
43unruly, and plagued me sadly on the road'; but the truth was, she was very much afraid lest Falada should some day or
44other speak, and tell all she had done to the princess. She carried her point, and the faithful Falada was killed; but
45when the true princess heard of it, she wept, and begged the man to nail up Falada's head against a large dark gate of
46the city, through which she had to pass every morning and evening, that there she might still see him sometimes. Then
47the slaughterer said he would do as she wished; and cut off the head, and nailed it up under the dark gate. Early the
48next morning, as she and Curdken went out through the gate, she said sorrowfully: 'Falada, Falada, there thou hangest!'
49and the head answered: 'Bride, bride, there thou gangest! Alas! alas! if thy mother knew it, Sadly, sadly, would she rue
50it.' Then they went out of the city, and drove the geese on. And when she came to the meadow, she sat down upon a bank
51there, and let down her waving locks of hair, which were all of pure silver; and when Curdken saw it glitter in the sun,
52he ran up, and would have pulled some of the locks out, but she cried: 'Blow, breezes, blow! Let Curdken's hat go! Blow,
53breezes, blow! Let him after it go! O'er hills, dales, and rocks, Away be it whirl'd Till the silvery locks Are all
54comb'd and curl'd! Then there came a wind, so strong that it blew off Curdken's hat; and away it flew over the hills:
55and he was forced to turn and run after it; till, by the time he came back, she had done combing and curling her hair,
56and had put it up again safe. Then he was very angry and sulky, and would not speak to her at all; but they watched the
57geese until it grew dark in the evening, and then drove them homewards. The next morning, as they were going through the
58dark gate, the poor girl looked up at Falada's head, and cried: 'Falada, Falada, there thou hangest!' and the head
59answered: 'Bride, bride, there thou gangest! Alas! alas! if thy mother knew it, Sadly, sadly, would she rue it.' Then
60she drove on the geese, and sat down again in the meadow, and began to comb out her hair as before; and Curdken ran up
61to her, and wanted to take hold of it; but she cried out quickly: 'Blow, breezes, blow! Let Curdken's hat go! Blow,
62breezes, blow! Let him after it go! O'er hills, dales, and rocks, Away be it whirl'd Till the silvery locks Are all
63comb'd and curl'd!
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