What a great trying on there was now among them all ! The things would fit no one , however . ` The cinder wench is not here , ' said the Prince at last ; ` go and fetch her , and let her try on the things . ' So the girl was fetched , and the Prince was just going to hand the ornaments to her , when the witch held him back , saying : ` Do n't give them to her ; she soils everything with cinders ; give them to my daughter rather . ' Well , then the Prince gave the witch 's daughter the ring , and the woman filed and pared away at her daughter 's finger till the ring fitted . It was the same with the circlet and the shoes of gold . The witch would not allow them to be handed to the cinder wench ; she worked at her own daughter 's head and feet till she got the things forced on . What was to be done now ? The Prince had to take the witch 's daughter for his bride whether he would or no ; he sneaked away to her father 's house with her , however , for he was ashamed to hold the wedding festivities at the palace with so strange a bride . Some days passed , and at last he had to take his bride home to the palace , and he got ready to do so . Just as they were taking leave , the kitchen wench sprang down from her place by the stove , on the pretext of fetching something from the cowhouse , and in going by she whispered in the Prince 's ear as he stood in the yard : ` Alas ! dear Prince , do not rob me of my silver and my gold . ' Thereupon the King 's son recognised the cinder wench ; so he took both the girls with him , and set out . After they had gone some little way they came to the bank of a river , and the Prince threw the witch 's daughter across to serve as a bridge , and so got over with the cinder wench . There lay the witch 's daughter then , like a bridge over the river , and could not stir , though her heart was consumed with grief . No help was near , so she cried at last in her anguish : ` May there grow a golden hemlock out of my body ! perhaps my mother will know me by that token . ' Scarcely had she spoken when a golden hemlock sprang up from her , and stood upon the bridge . Now , as soon as the Prince had got rid of the witch 's daughter he greeted the cinder wench as his bride , and they wandered together to the birch tree which grew upon the mother 's grave . There they received all sorts of treasures and riches , three sacks full of gold , and as much silver , and a splendid steed , which bore them home to the palace .
There they lived a long time together , and the young wife bore a son to the XXXXX .
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