Psst , Hush , catch him ! ' But Psst and Hush had not waited for orders , and in five minutes the man was caught . Next morning he was brought bound before the king , who was so pleased with the boy that he gave him a thousand crowns at once . The prisoner was all covered with hair , almost like an animal ; and altogether he was so curious to look at that the king locked him up in a strong room and sent out letters of invitation to all the other kings and princes asking them to come and see this wonder . That was all very well ; but the king had a little boy of ten years old who went to look at the hairy man also , and the man begged so hard to be set free that the boy took pity on him . He stole the key of the strong room from his mother and opened the door . Then he took the key back , but the hairy man escaped and went off into the world . Then the kings and princes began to arrive one after another , and all were most anxious to see the hairy man ; but he was gone ! The king nearly burst with rage and with the shame he felt . He questioned his wife sharply , and told her that if she could not find and bring back the hairy man he would put her in a hut made of rushes and burn her there . The queen declared she had had nothing to do with the matter ; if her son had happened to take the key it had not been with her knowledge . So they fetched the little prince and asked him all sorts of questions , and at last he owned that he had let the hairy man out . The king ordered his servants to take the boy into the forest and to kill him there , and to bring back part of his liver and lungs . There was grief all over the palace when the king 's command was known , for he was a great favourite . But there was no help for it , and they took the boy out into the forest . But the man was sorry for him , and shot a dog and carried pieces of his lungs and liver to the king , who was satisfied , and did not trouble himself any more . The prince wandered about in the forest and lived as best he could for five years . One day he came upon a poor little cottage in which was an old man . They began to talk , and the prince told his story and sad fate . Then they recognised each other , for the old fellow was no other than the hairy man whom the prince had set free , and who had lived ever since in the forest .
The prince stayed here for two XXXXX ; then he wished to go further .
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