She shook her head , curled herself up , and went to sleep . From this time on no one asked the Cat to stand godmother ; but when the winter came and there was nothing to be got outside , the Mouse remembered their provision and said , ` Come , Cat , we will go to our pot of fat which we have stored away ; it will taste very good . ' ` Yes , indeed , ' answered the Cat ; ` it will taste as good to you as if you stretched your thin tongue out of the window . ' They started off , and when they reached it they found the pot in its place , but quite empty ! ` Ah , ' said the Mouse , ' ` now I know what has happened ! It has all come out ! You are a true friend to me ! You have eaten it all when you stood godmother ; first the top off , then half of it gone , then -- ' ` Will you be quiet ! ' screamed the Cat . ` Another word and I will eat you up . ' ` Clean-gone ' was already on the poor Mouse 's tongue , and scarcely was it out than the Cat made a spring at her , seized and swallowed her . You see that is the way of the world . THE SIX SWANS A king was once hunting in a great wood , and he hunted the game so eagerly that none of his courtiers could follow him . When evening came on he stood still and looked round him , and he saw that he had quite lost himself . He sought a way out , but could find none . Then he saw an old woman with a shaking head coming towards him ; but she was a witch . ` Good woman , ' he said to her , ` can you not show me the way out of the wood ? ' ` Oh , certainly , Sir King , ' she replied , ' I can quite well do that , but on one condition , which if you do not fulfil you will never get out of the wood , and will die of hunger . ' ` What is the condition ? ' asked the King . '
I have a daughter , ' said the old woman , ` who is so beautiful that she has not her equal in the world , and is well fitted XXXXX be your wife ; if you will make her lady-queen I will show you the way out of the wood . '
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