Load your horse with cotton , and go by a secret passage which I will show you , which is hidden from the wild beasts , to the Serpent 's palace . You will find the King asleep upon his bed , which is all hung round with bells , and over his bed you will see a sword hanging . With this sword only it is possible to kill the Serpent , because even if its blade breaks a new one will grow again for every head the monster has . Thus you will be able to cut off all his seven heads . And this you must also do in order to deceive the King : you must slip into his bed-chamber very softly , and stop up all the bells which are round his bed with cotton . Then take down the sword gently , and quickly give the monster a blow on his tail with it . This will make him waken up , and if he catches sight of you he will seize you . But you must quickly cut off his first head , and then wait till the next one comes up . Then strike it off also , and so go on till you have cut off all his seven heads . ' The old Abbess then gave the Prince her blessing , and he set out upon his enterprise , arrived at the Serpent 's castle by following the secret passage which she had shown him , and by carefully attending to all her directions he happily succeeded in killing the monster . As soon as the wild beasts heard of their king 's death , they all hastened to the castle , but the youth had long since mounted his horse and was already far out of their reach . They pursued him as fast as they could , but they found it impossible to overtake him , and he reached home in safety . Thus he freed his country from this terrible oppression . THE GRATEFUL BEASTS -LRB- 11 -RRB- -LRB- 11 -RRB- From the Hungarian . Kletke . There was once upon a time a man and woman who had three fine-looking sons , but they were so poor that they had hardly enough food for themselves , let alone their children . So the sons determined to set out into the world and to try their luck . Before starting their mother gave them each a loaf of bread and her blessing , and having taken a tender farewell of her and their father the three set forth on their travels . The youngest of the three brothers , whose name was Ferko , was a beautiful youth , with a splendid figure , blue eyes , fair hair , and a complexion like milk and roses . His two brothers were as jealous of him as they could be , for they thought that with his good looks he would be sure to be more fortunate than they would ever be .
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