A new ship was built , and set with black sails , and in it the youths and maidens who were appointed for the king of the beasts embarked and set out for his country . When they arrived there they went at once to the Lake , and this time the lions did not stir , nor did the springs flow , and neither did the Lake speak . So they waited then , and it was not long before the earth quaked even more terribly than the first time . The Seven-headed Serpent came without his train of beasts , saw his prey waiting for him , and devoured it at one mouthful . Then the ship 's crew returned home , and the same thing happened yearly until many years had passed . Now the King of this unhappy country was growing old , and so was the Queen , and they had no children . One day the Queen was sitting at the window weeping bitterly because she was childless , and knew that the crown would therefore pass to strangers after the King 's death . Suddenly a little old woman appeared before her , holding an apple in her hand , and said , ` Why do you weep , my Queen , and what makes you so unhappy ? ' ` Alas , good mother , ' answered the Queen , ' I am unhappy because I have no children . ' ` Is that what vexes you ? ' said the old woman . ` Listen to me . I am a nun from the Spinning Convent , -LRB- 10 -RRB- and my mother when she died left me this apple . Whoever eats this apple shall have a child . ' -LRB- 10 -RRB- Convent Gnothi . The Queen gave money to the old woman , and bought the apple from her . Then she peeled it , ate it , and threw the rind out of the window , and it so happened that a mare that was running loose in the court below ate up the rind . After a time the Queen had a little boy , and the mare also had a male foal . The boy and the foal grew up together and loved each other like brothers . In course of time the King died , and so did the Queen , and their son , who was now nineteen years old , was left alone .
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