So next morning he wakened very early , and had heated the shovel before the old man was awake . At length he heard him calling , ` You lazy fellow , where are you ? Come and wish me good morning . ' But when the prince entered with the red-hot shovel his master only said , ' I am very ill to-day , and too weak even to touch your hand . You must return this evening , when I may be better . ' The prince loitered about all day , and in the evening went back to the old man 's room . He was received in the most ; friendly manner , and , to his surprise , his master exclaimed , ' I am very well satisfied with you . Come to me at dawn and bring the maiden with you . I know you have long loved each other , and I wish to make you man and wife . ' The young man nearly jumped into the air for joy , but , remembering the rules of the house , he managed to keep still . When he told the maiden , he saw to his astonishment that she had become as white as a sheet , and she was quite dumb . ` The old man has found out who was your counsellor , ' she said when she could speak , ` and he means to destroy us both . ' We must escape somehow , or else we shall be lost . Take an axe , and cut off the head of the calf with one blow . With a second , split its head in two , and in its brain you will see a bright red ball . Bring that to me . Meanwhile , I will do what is needful here . And the prince thought to himself , ` Better kill the calf than be killed ourselves . If we can once escape , we will go back home . The peas which I strewed about must have sprouted , so that we shall not miss the way . '
Then he went into the stall , and with one blow of the axe killed the calf , and with the XXXXX split its brain .
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