So he sent him royal robes and costly jewels , and commanded him to come to the palace to be married to the Princess . And his son-in-law put on the royal robes , and he looked so grand and stately that it was impossible to recognise the poor Simpleton , so changed was he ; and the Princess fell in love with him as soon as ever she saw him . Never before had so grand a wedding been seen , and there was so much food and wine that even the glutton and the thirsty comrade had enough to eat and drink . THE SNOW-DAUGHTER AND THE FIRE-SON -LRB- 25 -RRB- -LRB- 25 -RRB- From the Bukowinaer Tales and Legends . Von Wliolocki . There was once upon a time a man and his wife , and they had no children , which was a great grief to them . One winter 's day , when the sun was shining brightly , the couple were standing outside their cottage , and the woman was looking at all the little icicles which hung from the roof . She sighed , and turning to her husband said , ' I wish I had as many children as there are icicles hanging there . ' ` Nothing would please me more either , ' replied her husband . Then a tiny icicle detached itself from the roof , and dropped into the woman 's mouth , who swallowed it with a smile , and said , ` Perhaps I shall give birth to a snow child now ! ' Her husband laughed at his wife 's strange idea , and they went back into the house . But after a short time the woman gave birth to a little girl , who was as white as snow and as cold as ice . If they brought the child anywhere near the fire , it screamed loudly till they put it back into some cool place . The little maid throve wonderfully , and in a few months she could run about and speak . But she was not altogether easy to bring up , and gave her parents much trouble and anxiety , for all summer she insisted on spending in the cellar , and in the winter she would sleep outside in the snow , and the colder it was the happier she seemed to be . Her father and mother called her simply ` Our Snow-daughter , ' and this name stuck to her all her life . One day her parents sat by the fire , talking over the extraordinary behaviour of their daughter , who was disporting herself in the snowstorm that raged outside . The woman sighed deeply and said , ' I wish I had given birth to a Fire-son ! ' As she said these words , a spark from the big wood fire flew into the woman 's lap , and she said with a laugh , ` Now perhaps I shall give birth to a Fire-son ! ' The man laughed at his wife 's words , and thought it was a good joke .
But he ceased to think it a joke when his wife shortly afterwards gave birth XXXXX a boy , who screamed lustily till he was put quite close to the fire , and who nearly yelled himself into a fit if the Snow-daughter came anywhere near him .
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