They declared the secret of Fairy-than-a-Fairy 's royal birth , and the Queen taking the two lovers in her carriage set off with them for the capital of the kingdom . Here they were received with tumultuous joy . The wedding was celebrated without delay , and succeeding years diminished neither the virtues , beauty , nor the mutual affection of King Rainbow and his Queen , Fairer-than-a-Fairy . THE THREE BROTHERS -LRB- 17 -RRB- -LRB- 17 -RRB- From the Polish . Kletke . There was once upon a time a witch , who in the shape of a hawk used every night to break the windows of a certain village church . In the same village there lived three brothers , who were all determined to kill the mischievous hawk . But in vain did the two eldest mount guard in the church with their guns ; as soon as the bird appeared high above their heads , sleep overpowered them , and they only awoke to hear the windows crashing in . Then the youngest brother took his turn of guarding the windows , and to prevent his being overcome by sleep he placed a lot of thorns under his chin , so that if he felt drowsy and nodded his head , they would prick him and keep him awake . The moon was already risen , and it was as light as day , when suddenly he heard a fearful noise , and at the same time a terrible desire to sleep overpowered him . His eyelids closed , and his head sank on his shoulders , but the thorns ran into him and were so painful that he awoke at once . He saw the hawk swooping down upon the church , and in a moment he had seized his gun and shot at the bird . The hawk fell heavily under a big stone , severely wounded in its right wing . The youth ran to look at it , and saw that a huge abyss had opened below the stone . He went at once to fetch his brothers , and with their help dragged a lot of pine-wood and ropes to the spot . They fastened some of the burning pine-wood to the end of the rope , and let it slowly down to the bottom of the abyss . At first it was quite dark , and the flaming torch only lit up dirty grey stone walls . But the youngest brother determined to explore the abyss , and letting himself down by the rope he soon reached the bottom . Here he found a lovely meadow full of green trees and exquisite flowers . In the middle of the meadow stood a huge stone castle , with an iron gate leading to it , which was wide open .
Everything in the castle seemed to be made of copper , and the only inhabitant he could discover was a lovely girl , who was combing her golden hair ; and he noticed that whenever one of her hairs fell XXXXX the ground it rang out like pure metal .
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