So Snati went up into the Prince 's bed , but after a time he came back , and told Ring he could go there himself now , but to take care not to meddle with anything that was in the bed . Now the story comes back to Red , who came into the hall and showed the King his right arm wanting the hand , and said that now he could see what kind of a man his intended son-in-law was , for he had done this to him without any cause whatever . The King became very angry , and said he would soon find out the truth about it , and if Ring had cut off his hand without good cause he should be hanged ; but if it was otherwise , then Red should die . So the King sent for Ring and asked him for what reason he had done this . Snati , however , had just told Ring what had happened during the night , and in reply he asked the King to go with him and he would show him something . The King went with him to his sleeping-room , and saw lying on the bed a man 's hand holding a sword . ` This hand , ' said Ring , ` came over the partition during the night , and was about to run me through in my bed , if I had not defended myself . ' The King answered that in that case he could not blame him for protecting his own life , and that Red was well worthy of death . So Red was hanged , and Ring married the King 's daughter . The first night that they went to bed together Snati asked Ring to allow him to lie at their feet , and this Ring allowed him to do . During the night he heard a howling and outcry beside them , struck a light in a hurry and saw an ugly dog 's skin lying near him , and a beautiful Prince in the bed . Ring instantly took the skin and burned it , and then shook the Prince , who was lying unconscious , until he woke up . The bridegroom then asked his name ; he replied that he was called Ring , and was a King 's son . In his youth he had lost his mother , and in her place his father had married a witch , who had laid a spell on him that he should turn into a dog , and never be released from the spell unless a Prince of the same name as himself allowed him to sleep at his feet the first night after his marriage . He added further , ` As soon as she knew that you were my namesake she tried to get you destroyed , so that you might not free me from the spell . She was the hind that you and your companions chased ; she was the woman that you found in the clearing with the barrel , and the old hag that we just now killed in the cave . ' After the feasting was over the two namesakes , along with other men , went to the cliff and brought all the treasure home to the Palace . Then they went to the island and removed all that was valuable from it . Ring gave to his namesake , whom he had freed from the spell , his sister Ingiborg and his father 's kingdom to look after , but he himself stayed with his father-in-law the King , and had half the kingdom while he lived and the whole of it after his death . THE SWINEHERD There was once a poor Prince .
He possessed a kingdom which , though small , was yet large enough XXXXX him to marry on , and married he wished to be .
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