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1As a merry young huntsman was once going briskly along through a wood, there came up a little old woman, and said to
2him, 'Good day, good day; you seem merry enough, but I am hungry and thirsty; do pray give me something to eat.' The
3huntsman took pity on her, and put his hand in his pocket and gave her what he had. Then he wanted to go his way; but
4she took hold of him, and said, 'Listen, my friend, to what I am going to tell you; I will reward you for your kindness;
5go your way, and after a little time you will come to a tree where you will see nine birds sitting on a cloak. Shoot
6into the midst of them, and one will fall down dead: the cloak will fall too; take it, it is a wishing-cloak, and when
7you wear it you will find yourself at any place where you may wish to be. Cut open the dead bird, take out its heart and
8keep it, and you will find a piece of gold under your pillow every morning when you rise. It is the bird's heart that
9will bring you this good luck.' The huntsman thanked her, and thought to himself, 'If all this does happen, it will be a
10fine thing for me.' When he had gone a hundred steps or so, he heard a screaming and chirping in the branches over him,
11and looked up and saw a flock of birds pulling a cloak with their bills and feet; screaming, fighting, and tugging at
12each other as if each wished to have it himself. 'Well,' said the huntsman, 'this is wonderful; this happens just as the
13old woman said'; then he shot into the midst of them so that their feathers flew all about. Off went the flock
14chattering away; but one fell down dead, and the cloak with it. Then the huntsman did as the old woman told him, cut
15open the bird, took out the heart, and carried the cloak home with him. The next morning when he awoke he lifted up his
16pillow, and there lay the piece of gold glittering underneath; the same happened next day, and indeed every day when he
17arose. He heaped up a great deal of gold, and at last thought to himself, 'Of what use is this gold to me whilst I am at
18home? I will go out into the world and look about me.' Then he took leave of his friends, and hung his bag and bow about
19his neck, and went his way. It so happened that his road one day led through a thick wood, at the end of which was a
20large castle in a green meadow, and at one of the windows stood an old woman with a very beautiful young lady by her
21side looking about them. Now the old woman was a witch, and said to the young lady, 'There is a young man coming out of
22the wood who carries a wonderful prize; we must get it away from him, my dear child, for it is more fit for us than for
23him. He has a bird's heart that brings a piece of gold under his pillow every morning.' Meantime the huntsman came
24nearer and looked at the lady, and said to himself, 'I have been travelling so long that I should like to go into this
25castle and rest myself, for I have money enough to pay for anything I want'; but the real reason was, that he wanted to
26see more of the beautiful lady. Then he went into the house, and was welcomed kindly; and it was not long before he was
27so much in love that he thought of nothing else but looking at the lady's eyes, and doing everything that she wished.
28Then the old woman said, 'Now is the time for getting the bird's heart.' So the lady stole it away, and he never found
29any more gold under his pillow, for it lay now under the young lady's, and the old woman took it away every morning; but
30he was so much in love that he never missed his prize. 'Well,' said the old witch, 'we have got the bird's heart, but
31not the wishing-cloak yet, and that we must also get.' 'Let us leave him that,' said the young lady; 'he has already
32lost his wealth.' Then the witch was very angry, and said, 'Such a cloak is a very rare and wonderful thing, and I must
33and will have it.' So she did as the old woman told her, and set herself at the window, and looked about the country and
34seemed very sorrowful; then the huntsman said, 'What makes you so sad?' 'Alas! dear sir,' said she, 'yonder lies the
35granite rock where all the costly diamonds grow, and I want so much to go there, that whenever I think of it I cannot
36help being sorrowful, for who can reach it? only the birds and the flies--man cannot.' 'If that's all your grief,' said
37the huntsman, 'I'll take you there with all my heart'; so he drew her under his cloak, and the moment he wished to be on
38the granite mountain they were both there. The diamonds glittered so on all sides that they were delighted with the
39sight and picked up the finest. But the old witch made a deep sleep come upon him, and he said to the young lady, 'Let
40us sit down and rest ourselves a little, I am so tired that I cannot stand any longer.' So they sat down, and he laid
41his head in her lap and fell asleep; and whilst he was sleeping on she took the cloak from his shoulders, hung it on her
42own, picked up the diamonds, and wished herself home again. When he awoke and found that his lady had tricked him, and
43left him alone on the wild rock, he said, 'Alas! what roguery there is in the world!' and there he sat in great grief
44and fear, not knowing what to do. Now this rock belonged to fierce giants who lived upon it; and as he saw three of them
45striding about, he thought to himself, 'I can only save myself by feigning to be asleep'; so he laid himself down as if
46he were in a sound sleep. When the giants came up to him, the first pushed him with his foot, and said, 'What worm is
47this that lies here curled up?' 'Tread upon him and kill him,' said the second. 'It's not worth the trouble,' said the
48third; 'let him live, he'll go climbing higher up the mountain, and some cloud will come rolling and carry him away.'
49And they passed on. But the huntsman had heard all they said; and as soon as they were gone, he climbed to the top of
50the mountain, and when he had sat there a short time a cloud came rolling around him, and caught him in a whirlwind and
51bore him along for some time, till it settled in a garden, and he fell quite gently to the ground amongst the greens and
52cabbages. Then he looked around him, and said, 'I wish I had something to eat, if not I shall be worse off than before;
53for here I see neither apples nor pears, nor any kind of fruits, nothing but vegetables.' At last he thought to himself,
54'I can eat salad, it will refresh and strengthen me.' So he picked out a fine head and ate of it; but scarcely had he
55swallowed two bites when he felt himself quite changed, and saw with horror that he was turned into an ass. However, he
56still felt very hungry, and the salad tasted very nice; so he ate on till he came to another kind of salad, and scarcely
57had he tasted it when he felt another change come over him, and soon saw that he was lucky enough to have found his old
58shape again.
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