One of us must pour boiling porridge out of the pot on her , and the other punch her with red-hot iron . ' In they went then , and no sooner did the hag see them than she said , ` So you have come , Prince Ring ; you must have seen to my husband and children . ' Snati saw that she was about to attack them , and sprang at her with a red-hot iron from the fire , while Ring kept pouring boiling porridge on her without stopping , and in this way they at last got her killed . Then they burned the old troll and her to ashes , and explored the cave , where they found plenty of gold and treasures . The most valuable of these they carried with them as far as the cliff , and left them there . Then they hastened home to the King with his three treasures , where they arrived late on Christmas night , and Ring handed them over to him . The King was beside himself with joy , and was astonished at how clever a man Ring was in all kinds of feats , so that he esteemed him still more highly than before , and betrothed his daughter to him ; and the feast for this was to last all through Christmastide . Ring thanked the King courteously for this and all his other kindnesses , and as soon as he had finished eating and drinking in the hall went off to sleep in his own room . Snati , however , asked permission to sleep in the Prince 's bed for that night , while the Prince should sleep where the Dog usually lay . Ring said he was welcome to do so , and that he deserved more from him than that came to . 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 XXXXX them , struck a light in a hurry and saw an ugly dog 's skin lying near him , and a beautiful Prince in the bed .
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