That was all very well , but he had nothing to pack up , so he got into the trunk himself . It was an enchanted trunk , for as soon as the lock was pressed it could fly . He pressed it , and away he flew in it up the chimney , high into the clouds , further and further away . But whenever the bottom gave a little creak he was in terror lest the trunk should go to pieces , for then he would have turned a dreadful somersault-just think of it ! In this way he arrived at the land of the Turks . He hid the trunk in a wood under some dry leaves , and then walked into the town . He could do that quite well , for all the Turks were dressed just as he was-in a dressing-gown and slippers . He met a nurse with a little child . ` Halloa ! you Turkish nurse , ' said he , ` what is that great castle there close to the town ? The one with the windows so high up ? ' ` The sultan 's daughter lives there , ' she replied . ` It is prophesied that she will be very unlucky in her husband , and so no one is allowed to see her except when the sultan and sultana are by . ' ` Thank you , ' said the merchant 's son , and he went into the wood , sat himself in his trunk , flew on to the roof , and crept through the window into the princess 's room . She was lying on the sofa asleep , and was so beautiful that the young merchant had to kiss her . Then she woke up and was very much frightened , but he said he was a Turkish god who had come through the air to see her , and that pleased her very much . They sat close to each other , and he told her a story about her eyes . They were beautiful dark lakes in which her thoughts swam about like mermaids . And her forehead was a snowy mountain , grand and shining . These were lovely stories .
Then he asked the princess to marry him , and she said yes XXXXX once .
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