When they arrived at the palace she did not lose a moment in planting the branch of the tree of beauty and watering it with the water of life . And the branch shot up into a tree , and was heavy with flowers , and the talking bird nestled in its branches . Now the fame of these wonders was noised abroad , and the people flocked in great numbers to see the three marvels , and the maiden who had won them ; and among the sightseers came the king 's son , who would not go till everything was shown him , and till he had heard how it had all happened . And the prince admired the strangeness and beauty of the treasures in the palace , but more than all he admired the beauty and courage of the maiden who had brought them there . So he went home and told his parents , and gained their consent to wed her for his wife . Then the marriage was celebrated in the church adjoining the palace . Then the bridegroom took her to his own home , where they lived happy for ever after . The Wounded Lion Cuentos Populars Catalans . There was once a girl so poor that she had nothing to live on , and wandered about the world asking for charity . One day she arrived at a thatched cottage , and inquired if they could give her any work . The farmer said he wanted a cowherd , as his own had left him , and if the girl liked the place she might take it . So she became a cowherd . One morning she was driving her cows through the meadows when she heard near by a loud groan that almost sounded human . She hastened to the spot from which the noise came , and found it proceeded from a lion who lay stretched upon the ground . You can guess how frightened she was ! But the lion seemed in such pain that she was sorry for him , and drew nearer and nearer till she saw he had a large thorn in one foot . She pulled out the thorn and bound up the place , and the lion was grateful , and licked her hand by way of thanks with his big rough tongue . When the girl had finished she went back to find the cows , but they had gone , and though she hunted everywhere she never found them ; and she had to return home and confess to her master , who scolded her bitterly , and afterwards beat her . Then he said , ` Now you will have to look after the asses . ' So every day she had to take the asses to the woods to feed , until one morning , exactly a year after she had found the lion , she heard a groan which sounded quite human .
She went straight XXXXX the place from which the noise came , and , to her great surprise , beheld the same lion stretched on the ground with a deep wound across his face .
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