` Kiss me , ' said the Sister of the Sun ; and the youth obeyed her , but still without looking up . ` Do n't you know me NOW ? ' asked she . ` No , I do n't know you -- I do n't know you , ' he replied , with the manner of a man whom fear had driven mad . At this the Sister of the Sun grew rather frightened , and beginning at the beginning , she told him the story of his meeting with her , and how she had come a long way in order to marry him . And just as she had finished in walked the king , to see if what the boy had said was really true . But hardly had he opened the door of the cottage when he was almost blinded by the light that filled it ; and he remembered what he had been told about the star on the forehead of the princess . He staggered back as if he had been struck , then a curious feeling took hold of him , which he had never felt before , and falling on his knees before the Sister of the Sun , he implored her to give up all thought of the peasant boy , and to share his throne . But she laughed , and said she had a finer throne of her own , if she wanted to sit on it , and that she was free to please herself , and would have no husband but the boy whom she would never have seen except for the king himself . ' I shall marry him to-morrow , ' ended she ; and ordered the preparations to be set on foot at once . When the next day came , however , the bridegroom 's father informed the princess that , by the law of the land , the marriage must take place in the presence of the king ; but he hoped his majesty would not long delay his arrival . An hour or two passed , and everyone was waiting and watching , when at last the sound of trumpets was heard and a grand procession was seen marching up the street . A chair covered with velvet had been made ready for the king , and he took his seat upon it , and , looking round upon the assembled company , he said : ' I have no wish to forbid this marriage ; but , before I can allow it to be celebrated , the bridegroom must prove himself worthy of such a bride by fulfilling three tasks . And the first is that in a single day he must cut down every tree in an entire forest . The youth stood aghast as the king 's words . He had never cut down a tree in his life , and had not the least idea how to begin . And as for a whole forest -- ! But the princess saw what was passing in his mind , and whispered to him : ` Do n't be afraid . In my ship you will find an axe , which you must carry off to the forest . When you have cut down one tree with it just say : `` So let the forest fall , '' and in an instant all the trees will be on the ground .
But pick up three chips of the tree you felled , and put them XXXXX your pocket . '
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