The huntsmen would not leave her alone , but climbed the tree , lifted the maiden down , and led her to the King . The King asked , ` Who are you ? What are you doing up that tree ? ' But she answered nothing . He asked her in all the languages he knew , but she remained as dumb as a fish . Because she was so beautiful , however , the King 's heart was touched , and he was seized with a great love for her . He wrapped her up in his cloak , placed her before him on his horse , and brought her to his castle . There he had her dressed in rich clothes , and her beauty shone out as bright as day , but not a word could be drawn from her . He set her at table by his side , and her modest ways and behaviour pleased him so much that he said , ' I will marry this maiden and none other in the world , ' and after some days he married her . But the King had a wicked mother who was displeased with the marriage , and said wicked things of the young Queen . ` Who knows who this girl is ? ' she said ; ` she can not speak , and is not worthy of a king . ' After a year , when the Queen had her first child , the old mother took it away from her . Then she went to the King and said that the Queen had killed it . The King would not believe it , and would not allow any harm to be done her . But she sat quietly sewing at the shirts and troubling herself about nothing . The next time she had a child the wicked mother did the same thing , but the King could not make up his mind to believe her . He said , ` She is too sweet and good to do such a thing as that . If she were not dumb and could defend herself , her innocence would be proved . ' But when the third child was taken away , and the Queen was again accused , and could not utter a word in her own defence , the King was obliged to give her over to the law , which decreed that she must be burnt to death .
When the day came on which the sentence was XXXXX be executed , it was the last day of the six years in which she must not speak or laugh , and now she had freed her dear brothers from the power of the enchantment .
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