` Dear me to be sure ! You are sharper than I am , for that never occurred to me . ' And having found three people more foolish than his bride , or her father or her mother , the lover went back to marry the young lady . And in course of time they had a great many children . Story from Hainaut . -LRB- M. Lemoine . La Tradition . No , 34 , -RRB- KARI WOODENGOWN THERE was once upon a time a King who had become a widower . His Queen had left one daughter behind her , and she was so wise and so pretty that it was impossible for any one to be wiser or prettier . For a long time the King went sorrowing for his wife , for he had loved her exceedingly ; but at last he grew tired of living alone , and married a Queen who was a widow , and she also had a daughter , who was just as ill-favoured and wicked as the other was good and beautiful . The stepmother and her daughter were envious of the King 's daughter because she was so pretty , but so long as the King was at home they dared do her no harm , because his love for her was so great . Then there came a time when he made war on another King and went away to fight , and then the new Queen thought that she could do what she liked ; so she both hungered and beat the King 's daughter and chased her about into every corner . At last she thought that everything was too good for her , and set her to work to look after the cattle . So she went about with the cattle , and herded them in the woods and in the fields . Of food she got little or none , and grew pale and thin , and was nearly always weeping and sad . Among the herd there was a great blue bull , which always kept itself very smart and sleek , and often came to the King 's daughter and let her stroke him . So one day , when she was again sitting crying and sorrowing , the Bull came up to her and asked why she was always so full of care ? She made no answer , but continued to weep . ` Well , ' said the Bull , ' I know what it is , though you will not tell me ; you are weeping because the Queen is unkind to you , and because she wants to starve you to death . But you need be under no concern about food , for in my left ear there lies a cloth , and if you will but take it and spread it out , you can have as many dishes as you like . '
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