If she was to live a hundred years she 'd never forget how she wakened next morning , and found her husband looking down on her with misery and anger in his face . ` Unhappy woman , ' said he , ` you have separated us for ever ! Why had n't you patience for five years ? I am now obliged , whether I like or no , to go a three days ' journey to the witch 's castle , and marry her daughter . The skin that was my guard you have burned it , and the egg-wife that gave you the counsel was the witch herself . I wo n't reproach you : your punishment will be severe without it . Farewell for ever ! ' He kissed her for the last time , and was off the next minute , walking as fast as he could . She shouted after him , and then seeing there was no use , she dressed herself and pursued him . He never stopped , nor stayed , nor looked back , and still she kept him in sight ; and when he was on the hill she was in the hollow , and when he was in the hollow she was on the hill . Her life was almost leaving her , when , just as the sun was setting , he turned up a lane , and went into a little house . She crawled up after him , and when she got inside there was a beautiful little boy on his knees , and he kissing and hugging him . ` Here , my poor darling , ' says he , ` is your eldest child , and there , ' says he , pointing to a woman that was looking on with a smile on her face , ` is the eagle that carried him away . ' She forgot all her sorrows in a moment , hugging her child , and laughing and crying over him . The woman washed their feet , and rubbed them with an ointment that took all the soreness out of their bones , and made them as fresh as a daisy . Next morning , just before sunrise , he was up , and prepared to be off , ` Here , ' said he to her , ` is a thing which may be of use to you . It 's a scissors , and whatever stuff you cut with it will be turned into silk . The moment the sun rises , I 'll lose all memory of yourself and the children , but I 'll get it at sunset again . Farewell ! ' But he was n't far gone till she was in sight of him again , leaving her boy behind .
It was the same to-day XXXXX yesterday : their shadows went before them in the morning and followed them in the evening .
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