asked the brothers . ` Oh , ' said Blockhead-Hans , ` it is really too good ! How pleased the Princess will be ! ' ` Why ! ' said the brothers , ` this is pure mud , straight from the ditch . ' ` Of course it is ! ' said Blockhead-Hans , ` and it is the best kind ! Look how it runs through one 's fingers ! ' and , so saying , he filled his pocket with the mud . But the brothers rode on so fast that dust and sparks flew all around , and they reached the gate of the town a good hour before Blockhead-Hans . Here came the suitors numbered according to their arrival , and they were ranged in rows , six in each row , and they were so tightly packed that they could not move their arms . This was a very good thing , for otherwise they would have torn each other in pieces , merely because the one was in front of the other . All the country people were standing round the King 's throne , and were crowded together in thick masses almost out of the windows to see the Princess receive the suitors ; and as each one came into the room all his fine phrases went out like a candle ! ` It does n't matter ! ' said the Princess . ` Away ! out with him ! ' At last she came to the row in which the brother who knew the dictionary by heart was , but he did not know it any longer ; he had quite forgotten it in the rank and file . And the floor creaked , and the ceiling was all made of glass mirrors , so that he saw himself standing on his head , and by each window were standing three reporters and an editor ; and each of them was writing down what was said , to publish it in the paper that came out and was sold at the street corners for a penny . It was fearful , and they had made up the fire so hot that it was grilling .
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