They had six horses already , and now they put in eight , and then ten , and then twelve , but the more they put in , and the more the coachman whipped them , the less good it did ; and the coach never stirred from the spot . It was already beginning to be late in the day , and to church they must and would go , so everyone who was in the palace was in a state of distress . Then the bailiff spoke up and said : `` Out there in the gilded cottage in the thicket dwells a girl , and if you could but get her to lend you her calf I know it could draw the coach , even if it were as heavy as a mountain . '' They all thought that it was ridiculous to be drawn to church by a calf , but there was nothing else for it but to send a messenger once more , and beg as prettily as they could , on behalf of the King , that she would let them have the loan of the calf that the bailiff had told them about . The Master-maid let them have it immediately -- this time also she would not say `` no . '' Then they harnessed the calf to see if the coach would move ; and away it went , over rough and smooth , over stock and stone , so that they could scarcely breathe , and sometimes they were on the ground , and sometimes up in the air ; and when they came to the church the coach began to go round and round like a spinning-wheel , and it was with the utmost difficulty and danger that they were able to get out of the coach and into the church . And when they went back again the coach went quicker still , so that most of them did not know how they got back to the palace at all . When they had seated themselves at the table the Prince who had been in service with the giant said that he thought they ought to have invited the maiden who had lent them the shovel-handle , and the porch-door , and the calf up to the palace , `` for , '' said he , `` if we had not got these three things , we should never have got away from the palace . '' The King also thought that this was both just and proper , so he sent five of his best men down to the gilded hut , to greet the maiden courteously from the King , and to beg her to be so good as to come up to the palace to dinner at mid-day . `` Greet the King , and tell him that , if he is too good to come to me , I am too good to come to him , '' replied the Master-maid . So the King had to go himself , and the Master-maid went with him immediately , and , as the King believed that she was more than she appeared to be , he seated her in the place of honor by the youngest bridegroom . When they had sat at the table for a short time , the Master-maid took out the cock , and the hen , and the golden apple which she had brought away with her from the giant 's house , and set them on the table in front of her , and instantly the cock and the hen began to fight with each other for the golden apple . `` Oh ! look how those two there are fighting for the golden apple , '' said the King 's son . `` Yes , and so did we two fight to get out that time when we were in the mountain , '' said the Master-maid . So the Prince knew her again , and you may imagine how delighted he was . He ordered the troll-witch who had rolled the apple to him to be torn in pieces between four-and-twenty horses , so that not a bit of her was left , and then for the first time they began really to keep the wedding , and , weary as they were , the sheriff , the attorney , and the bailiff kept it up too . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Asbjornsen and Moe . WHY THE SEA IS SALT Once upon a time , long , long ago , there were two brothers , the one rich and the other poor . When Christmas Eve came , the poor one had not a bite in the house , either of meat or bread ; so he went to his brother , and begged him , in God 's name , to give him something for Christmas Day .
It was by no means the first time XXXXX the brother had been forced to give something to him , and he was not better pleased at being asked now than he generally was .
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