But at midnight , when the odd folk appeared , the elder sister screamed with terror , and from this time on the youngest Princess insisted always on keeping watch alone . So she lived in solitude all the daytime , and at night she would have been frightened , had she not been so brave ; but every day the crow came and thanked her for her endurance , and assured her that his sufferings were far less than they had been . And so two years passed away , when one day the crow came to the Princess and said : ` In another year I shall be freed from the spell I am under at present , because then the seven years will be over . But before I can resume my natural form , and take possession of the belongings of my forefathers , you must go out into the world and take service as a maidservant . ' The young Princess consented at once , and for a whole year she served as a maid ; but in spite of her youth and beauty she was very badly treated , and suffered many things . One evening , when she was spinning flax , and had worked her little white hands weary , she heard a rustling beside her and a cry of joy . Then she saw a handsome youth standing beside her ; who knelt down at her feet and kissed the little weary white hands . ' I am the Prince , ' he said , ` who you in your goodness , when I was wandering about in the shape of a black crow , freed from the most awful torments . Come now to my castle with me , and let us live there happily together . ' So they went to the castle where they had both endured so much . But when they reached it , it was difficult to believe that it was the same , for it had all been rebuilt and done up again . And there they lived for a hundred years , a hundred years of joy and happiness . HOW SIX MEN TRAVELLED THROUGH THE WIDE WORLD There was once upon a time a man who understood all sorts of arts ; he served in the war , and bore himself bravely and well ; but when the war was over , he got his discharge , and set out on his travels with three farthings of his pay in his pocket . ` Wait , ' he said ; ` that does not please me ; only let me find the right people , and the King shall yet give me all the treasures of his kingdom . ' He strode angrily into the forest , and there he saw a man standing who had uprooted six trees as if they were straws . He said to him , ` Will you be my servant and travel with me ? ' ` Yes , ' he answered ; ` but first of all I will take this little bundle of sticks home to my mother , ' and he took one of the trees and wound it round the other five , raised the bundle on his shoulders and bore it off . Then he came back and went with his master , who said , ` We two ought to be able to travel through the wide world ! ' And when they had gone a little way they came upon a hunter , who was on his knees , his gun on his shoulder , aiming at something . The master said to him , ` Hunter , what are you aiming at ? '
He answered , ` Two miles XXXXX this place sits a fly on a branch of an oak ; I want to shoot out its left eye . '
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