When it was done she glided into her tree just as the prince came in . ` You are as quick as you are clever , ' said he , admiringly . ` This looks as if it had been embroidered by the fairies ! But as the green robe must outshine the other two I will give you three days in which to finish it . After it is ready we will be married at once . ' Now , as he spoke , there rose up in Laufer 's mind all the unkind things that she and her mother had done to Lineik . Could she hope that they would be forgotten , and that Lineik would come to her rescue for the third time ? And perhaps Lineik , who had not forgotten the past either , might have left her alone , to get on as best she could , had not Sigurd , her brother , implored her to help just once more . So Lineik again slid out of her tree , and , to Laufer 's great relief , set herself to work . When the shining green silk was ready she caught the sun 's rays and the moon 's beams on the point of her needle and wove them into a pattern such as no man had ever seen . But it took a long time , and on the third morning , just as she was putting the last stitches into the last flower the prince came in . Lineik jumped up quickly , and tried to get past him back to her tree ; but the folds of the silk were wrapped round her , and she would have fallen had not the prince caught her . ' I have thought for some time that all was not quite straight here , ' said he . ` Tell me who you are , and where you come from ? ' Lineik then told her name and her story . When she had ended the prince turned angrily to Laufer , and declared that , as a punishment for her wicked lies , she deserved to die a shameful death . But Laufer fell at his feet and begged for mercy . It was her mother 's fault , she said : ` It was she , and not I , who passed me off as the Princess Lineik . The only lie I have ever told you was about the robes , and I do not deserve death for that . ' She was still on her knees when Prince Sigurd entered the room .
He prayed the Prince of Greece to forgive Laufer , which he did , on condition that XXXXX would consent to marry him .
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