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1Long before you or I were born, there reigned, in a country a great way off, a king who had three sons. This king once
2fell very ill--so ill that nobody thought he could live. His sons were very much grieved at their father's sickness; and
3as they were walking together very mournfully in the garden of the palace, a little old man met them and asked what was
4the matter. They told him that their father was very ill, and that they were afraid nothing could save him. 'I know what
5would,' said the little old man; 'it is the Water of Life. If he could have a draught of it he would be well again; but
6it is very hard to get.' Then the eldest son said, 'I will soon find it': and he went to the sick king, and begged that
7he might go in search of the Water of Life, as it was the only thing that could save him. 'No,' said the king. 'I had
8rather die than place you in such great danger as you must meet with in your journey.' But he begged so hard that the
9king let him go; and the prince thought to himself, 'If I bring my father this water, he will make me sole heir to his
10kingdom.' Then he set out: and when he had gone on his way some time he came to a deep valley, overhung with rocks and
11woods; and as he looked around, he saw standing above him on one of the rocks a little ugly dwarf, with a sugarloaf cap
12and a scarlet cloak; and the dwarf called to him and said, 'Prince, whither so fast?' 'What is that to thee, you ugly
13imp?' said the prince haughtily, and rode on. But the dwarf was enraged at his behaviour, and laid a fairy spell of
14ill-luck upon him; so that as he rode on the mountain pass became narrower and narrower, and at last the way was so
15straitened that he could not go to step forward: and when he thought to have turned his horse round and go back the way
16he came, he heard a loud laugh ringing round him, and found that the path was closed behind him, so that he was shut in
17all round. He next tried to get off his horse and make his way on foot, but again the laugh rang in his ears, and he
18found himself unable to move a step, and thus he was forced to abide spellbound. Meantime the old king was lingering on
19in daily hope of his son's return, till at last the second son said, 'Father, I will go in search of the Water of Life.'
20For he thought to himself, 'My brother is surely dead, and the kingdom will fall to me if I find the water.' The king
21was at first very unwilling to let him go, but at last yielded to his wish. So he set out and followed the same road
22which his brother had done, and met with the same elf, who stopped him at the same spot in the mountains, saying, as
23before, 'Prince, prince, whither so fast?' 'Mind your own affairs, busybody!' said the prince scornfully, and rode on.
24But the dwarf put the same spell upon him as he put on his elder brother, and he, too, was at last obliged to take up
25his abode in the heart of the mountains. Thus it is with proud silly people, who think themselves above everyone else,
26and are too proud to ask or take advice. When the second prince had thus been gone a long time, the youngest son said he
27would go and search for the Water of Life, and trusted he should soon be able to make his father well again. So he set
28out, and the dwarf met him too at the same spot in the valley, among the mountains, and said, 'Prince, whither so fast?'
29And the prince said, 'I am going in search of the Water of Life, because my father is ill, and like to die: can you help
30me? Pray be kind, and aid me if you can!' 'Do you know where it is to be found?' asked the dwarf. 'No,' said the prince,
31'I do not. Pray tell me if you know.' 'Then as you have spoken to me kindly, and are wise enough to seek for advice, I
32will tell you how and where to go. The water you seek springs from a well in an enchanted castle; and, that you may be
33able to reach it in safety, I will give you an iron wand and two little loaves of bread; strike the iron door of the
34castle three times with the wand, and it will open: two hungry lions will be lying down inside gaping for their prey,
35but if you throw them the bread they will let you pass; then hasten on to the well, and take some of the Water of Life
36before the clock strikes twelve; for if you tarry longer the door will shut upon you for ever.' Then the prince thanked
37his little friend with the scarlet cloak for his friendly aid, and took the wand and the bread, and went travelling on
38and on, over sea and over land, till he came to his journey's end, and found everything to be as the dwarf had told him.
39The door flew open at the third stroke of the wand, and when the lions were quieted he went on through the castle and
40came at length to a beautiful hall. Around it he saw several knights sitting in a trance; then he pulled off their rings
41and put them on his own fingers. In another room he saw on a table a sword and a loaf of bread, which he also took.
42Further on he came to a room where a beautiful young lady sat upon a couch; and she welcomed him joyfully, and said, if
43he would set her free from the spell that bound her, the kingdom should be his, if he would come back in a year and
44marry her. Then she told him that the well that held the Water of Life was in the palace gardens; and bade him make
45haste, and draw what he wanted before the clock struck twelve. He walked on; and as he walked through beautiful gardens
46he came to a delightful shady spot in which stood a couch; and he thought to himself, as he felt tired, that he would
47rest himself for a while, and gaze on the lovely scenes around him. So he laid himself down, and sleep fell upon him
48unawares, so that he did not wake up till the clock was striking a quarter to twelve. Then he sprang from the couch
49dreadfully frightened, ran to the well, filled a cup that was standing by him full of water, and hastened to get away in
50time. Just as he was going out of the iron door it struck twelve, and the door fell so quickly upon him that it snapped
51off a piece of his heel. When he found himself safe, he was overjoyed to think that he had got the Water of Life; and as
52he was going on his way homewards, he passed by the little dwarf, who, when he saw the sword and the loaf, said, 'You
53have made a noble prize; with the sword you can at a blow slay whole armies, and the bread will never fail you.' Then
54the prince thought to himself, 'I cannot go home to my father without my brothers'; so he said, 'My dear friend, cannot
55you tell me where my two brothers are, who set out in search of the Water of Life before me, and never came back?' 'I
56have shut them up by a charm between two mountains,' said the dwarf, 'because they were proud and ill-behaved, and
57scorned to ask advice.' The prince begged so hard for his brothers, that the dwarf at last set them free, though
58unwillingly, saying, 'Beware of them, for they have bad hearts.' Their brother, however, was greatly rejoiced to see
59them, and told them all that had happened to him; how he had found the Water of Life, and had taken a cup full of it;
60and how he had set a beautiful princess free from a spell that bound her; and how she had engaged to wait a whole year,
61and then to marry him, and to give him the kingdom.
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