He prayed the Prince of Greece to forgive Laufer , which he did , on condition that Lineik would consent to marry him . ` Not till my stepmother is dead , ' answered she , ` for she has brought misery to all that came near her . ' Then Laufer told them that Blauvor was not the wife of a king , but an ogress who had stolen her from a neighbouring palace and had brought her up as her daughter . And besides being an ogress she was also a witch , and by her black arts had sunk the ship in which the father of Sigurd and Lineik had set sail . It was she who had caused the disappearance of the courtiers , for which no one could account , by eating them during the night , and she hoped to get rid of all the people in the country , and then to fill the land with ogres and ogresses like herself . So Prince Sigurd and the Prince of Greece collected an army swiftly , and marched upon the town where Blauvor had her palace . They came so suddenly that no one knew of it , and if they had , Blauvor had eaten most of the strong men ; and others , fearful of something they could not tell what , had secretly left the place . Therefore she was easily captured , and the next day was beheaded in the market-place . Afterwards the two princes marched back to Greece . Lineik had no longer any reason for putting off her wedding , and married the Prince of Greece at the same time that Sigurd married the princess . And Laufer remained with Lineik as her friend and sister , till they found a husband for her in a great nobleman ; and all three couples lived happily until they died . -LSB- From Islandische Muhrchen Poestion Wien . -RSB- The Six Hungry Beasts Once upon a time there lived a man who dwelt with his wife in a little hut , far away from any neighbours . But they did not mind being alone , and would have been quite happy , if it had not been for a marten , who came every night to their poultry yard , and carried off one of their fowls . The man laid all sorts of traps to catch the thief , but instead of capturing the foe , it happened that one day he got caught himself , and falling down , struck his head against a stone , and was killed . Not long after the marten came by on the look out for his supper . Seeing the dead man lying there , he said to himself : ` That is a prize , this time I have done well ' ; and dragging the body with great difficulty to the sledge which was waiting for him , drove off with his booty . He had not driven far when he met a squirrel , who bowed and said : ` Good-morning , godfather ! what have you got behind you ? ' The marten laughed and answered : ` Did you ever hear anything so strange ?
The old man XXXXX you see here set traps about his hen-house , thinking to catch me but he fell into his own trap , and broke his own neck .
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