I shall lay two pieces of wood in the bed to answer for us when the witch speaks to us . You can take the flower-pot and the glass of water that stands in the window , and we must slip out by that and get away . ' No sooner said than done . They hurried off out into the dark night , the princess leading , because she knew the way , having spied it out while she flew about as a dove . At midnight the witch came to the door of the room and called in to them , and the two pieces of wood answered her , so that she believed they were there , and went away again . Before daybreak she was at the door again and called to them , and again the pieces of wood answered for them . She thus thought that she had them , and when the sun rose the bridal night was past : she had then kept her promise , and could vent her anger and revenge on both of them . With the first sunbeam she broke into the room , but there she found no prince and no princess -- nothing but the two pieces of firewood , which lay in the bed , and stared , and spoke not a word . These she threw on the floor , so that they were splintered into a thousand pieces , and off she hastened after the fugitives . With the first sunbeam the princess said to the prince , ` Look round ; do you see anything behind us ? ' ` Yes , I see a dark cloud , far away , ' said he . ` Then throw the flower-pot over your head , ' said she . When this was done there was a large thick forest behind them . When the witch came to the forest she could not get through it until she went home and brought her axe to cut a path . A little after this the princess said again to the prince , ` Look round ; do you see anything behind us ? ' ` Yes , ' said the prince , ` the big black cloud is there again . ' ` Then throw the glass of water over your head , ' said she . When he had done this there was a great lake behind them , and this the witch could not cross until she ran home again and brought her dough-trough . Meanwhile the fugitives had reached the castle which was the prince 's home . They climbed over the garden wall , ran across the garden , and crept in at an open window .
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