asked the old woman , looking up to the nest , and at the same moment trying to steady the kettle with one hand and the tripod with the other . ` Did n't I tell you that it was no good doing that , ' said Wildrose , more impatiently than before . ` Make a fire near a tree and hang the kettle from one of the branches . ' The old woman took the kettle and hung it on a little twig , which broke at once , and the kettle fell to the ground . ` If you would only show me how to do it , perhaps I should understand , ' said she . Quick as thought , the maiden slid down the smooth trunk of the tree , and stood beside the stupid old woman , to teach her how things ought to be done . But in an instant the old woman had caught up the girl and swung her over her shoulders , and was running as fast as she could go to the edge of the forest , where she had left the prince . When he saw them coming he rushed eagerly to meet them , and he took the maiden in his arms and kissed her tenderly before them all . Then a golden dress was put on her , and pearls were twined in her hair , and she took her seat in the emperor 's carriage which was drawn by six of the whitest horses in the world , and they carried her , without stopping to draw breath , to the gates of the palace . And in three days the wedding was celebrated , and the wedding feast was held , and everyone who saw the bride declared that if anybody wanted a perfect wife they must go to seek her on top of a tree . -LSB- Adapted from file Roumanian . -RSB- Tiidu The Piper Once upon a time there lived a poor man who had more children than bread to feed them with . However , they were strong and willing , and soon learned to make themselves of use to their father and mother , and when they were old enough they went out to service , and everyone was very glad to get them for servants , for they worked hard and were always cheerful . Out of all the ten or eleven , there was only one who gave his parents any trouble , and this was a big lazy boy whose name was Tiidu . Neither scoldings nor beatings nor kind words had any effect on him , and the older he grew the idler he got . He spent his winters crouching close to a warm stove , and his summers asleep under a shady tree ; and if he was not doing either of these things he was playing tunes on his flute . One day he was sitting under a bush playing so sweetly that you might easily have mistaken the notes for those of a bird , when an old man passed by . ` What trade do you wish to follow , my son ? ' he asked in a friendly voice , stopping as he did so in front of the youth . ` If I were only a rich man , and had no need to work , ' replied the boy , ' I should not follow any .
I could not bear XXXXX be anybody 's servant , as all my brothers and sisters are . '
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