The shoemaker 's boy was very willing to earn four shillings , and fetched the tinder-box , gave it to the Soldier , and -- yes -- now you shall hear . Outside the town a great scaffold had been erected , and all round were standing the soldiers , and hundreds of thousands of people . The King and Queen were sitting on a magnificent throne opposite the judges and the whole council . The Soldier was already standing on the top of the ladder ; but when they wanted to put the rope round his neck , he said that the fulfilment of one innocent request was always granted to a poor criminal before he underwent his punishment . He would so much like to smoke a small pipe of tobacco ; it would be his last pipe in this world . The King could not refuse him this , and so he took out his tinder-box , and rubbed it once , twice , three times . And lo , and behold I there stood all three dogs -- the one with eyes as large as saucers , the second with eyes as large as mill-wheels , and the third with eyes each as large as the Round Tower of Copenhagen . ` Help me now , so that I may not be hanged ! ' cried the Soldier . And thereupon the dogs fell upon the judges and the whole council , seized some by the legs , others by the nose , and threw them so high into the air that they fell and were smashed into pieces . ' I wo n't stand this ! ' said the King ; but the largest dog seized him too , and the Queen as well , and threw them up after the others . This frightened the soldiers , and all the people cried : ` Good Soldier , you shall be our King , and marry the beautiful Princess ! ' Then they put the Soldier into the King 's coach , and the three dogs danced in front , crying ` Hurrah ! ' And the boys whistled and the soldiers presented arms . The Princess came out of the copper castle , and became Queen ; and that pleased her very much . The wedding festivities lasted for eight days , and the dogs sat at table and made eyes at everyone . THE WITCH IN THE STONE BOAT -LRB- 31 -RRB- -LRB- 31 -RRB- From the Icelandic . There were once a King and a Queen , and they had a son called Sigurd , who was very strong and active , and good-looking . When the King came to be bowed down with the weight of years he spoke to his son , and said that now it was time for him to look out for a fitting match for himself , for he did not know how long he might last now , and he would like to see him married before he died .
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