This was reported to the man who declared he would compete , ` but , ' he said , ' I shall let my servant run for me . ' The King replied , ` Then both your heads must be staked , and your head and his must be guaranteed for the winner . ' When this was agreed upon and settled , the man strapped on the runner 's other leg , saying to him , ` Now be nimble , and see that we win ! ' It was arranged that whoever should first bring water out of a stream a long way off , should be the victor . Then the runner got a pitcher , and the King 's daughter another , and they began to run at the same time ; but in a moment , when the King 's daughter was only just a little way off , no spectator could see the runner , and it seemed as if the wind had whistled past . In a short time he reached the stream , filled his pitcher with water , and turned round again . But , half way home , a great drowsiness came over him ; he put down his pitcher , lay down , and fell asleep . He had , however , put a horse 's skull which was lying on the ground , for his pillow , so that he should not be too comfortable and might soon wake up . In the meantime the King 's daughter , who could also run well , as well as an ordinary man could , reached the stream , and hastened back with her pitcher full of water . When she saw the runner lying there asleep , she was delighted , and said , ` My enemy is given into my hands ! ' She emptied his pitcher and ran on . Everything now would have been lost , if by good luck the hunter had not been standing on the castle tower and had seen everything with his sharp eyes . ` Ah , ' said he , ` the King 's daughter shall not overreach us ; ' and , loading his gun , he shot so cleverly , that he shot away the horse 's skull from under the runner 's head , without its hurting him . Then the runner awoke , jumped up , and saw that his pitcher was empty and the King 's daughter far ahead . But he did not lose courage , and ran back to the stream with his pitcher , filled it once more with water , and was home ten minutes before the King 's daughter arrived . ` Look , ' said he , ' I have only just exercised my legs ; that was nothing of a run . ' But the King was angry , and his daughter even more so , that she should be carried away by a common , discharged soldier . They consulted together how they could destroy both him and his companions . ` Then , ' said the King to her , ' I have found a way . Do n't be frightened ; they shall not come home again . '
He said to them , ` You must now make merry together , and eat and drink , ' and he led them into a room which had a floor XXXXX iron ; the doors were also of iron , and the windows were barred with iron .
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