That same evening the gardener 's son rode up to the fountain upon his lame gray horse . `` Good-day to you , young traveler , '' said the beggar-woman . `` Good-day , good woman , '' answered he . `` Young traveler , have pity upon me . '' `` Take my purse , good woman , '' said he , `` and mount behind me , for your legs ca n't be very strong . '' The old woman did n't wait to be asked twice , but mounted behind him , and in this style they reached the chief city of a powerful kingdom . The minister 's son was lodged in a grand inn , the gardener 's son and the old woman dismounted at the inn for beggars . The next day the gardener 's son heard a great noise in the street , and the King 's heralds passed , blowing all kinds of instruments , and crying : `` The King , our master , is old and infirm . He will give a great reward to whoever will cure him and give him back the strength of his youth . '' Then the old beggar-woman said to her benefactor : `` This is what you must do to obtain the reward which the King promises . Go out of the town by the south gate , and there you will find three little dogs of different colors ; the first will be white , the second black , the third red . You must kill them and then burn them separately , and gather up the ashes . Put the ashes of each dog into a bag of its own color , then go before the door of the palace and cry out , ' A celebrated physician has come from Janina in Albania . He alone can cure the King and give him back the strength of his youth . ' The King 's physicians will say , This is an impostor , and not a learned man , ' and they will make all sorts of difficulties , but you will overcome them all at last , and will present yourself before the sick King . You must then demand as much wood as three mules can carry , and a great cauldron , and must shut yourself up in a room with the Sultan , and when the cauldron boils you must throw him into it , and there leave him until his flesh is completely separated from his bones . Then arrange the bones in their proper places , and throw over them the ashes out of the three bags . The King will come back to life , and will be just as he was when he was twenty years old . For your reward you must demand the bronze ring which has the power to grant you everything you desire . Go , my son , and do not forget any of my instructions . ''
The young man followed the old XXXXX 's directions .
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