Afterwards the two princes marched back to Greece . Lineik had no longer any reason for putting off her wedding , and married the Prince of Greece at the same time that Sigurd married the princess . And Laufer remained with Lineik as her friend and sister , till they found a husband for her in a great nobleman ; and all three couples lived happily until they died . -LSB- From Islandische Muhrchen Poestion Wien . -RSB- The Six Hungry Beasts Once upon a time there lived a man who dwelt with his wife in a little hut , far away from any neighbours . But they did not mind being alone , and would have been quite happy , if it had not been for a marten , who came every night to their poultry yard , and carried off one of their fowls . The man laid all sorts of traps to catch the thief , but instead of capturing the foe , it happened that one day he got caught himself , and falling down , struck his head against a stone , and was killed . Not long after the marten came by on the look out for his supper . Seeing the dead man lying there , he said to himself : ` That is a prize , this time I have done well ' ; and dragging the body with great difficulty to the sledge which was waiting for him , drove off with his booty . He had not driven far when he met a squirrel , who bowed and said : ` Good-morning , godfather ! what have you got behind you ? ' The marten laughed and answered : ` Did you ever hear anything so strange ? The old man that you see here set traps about his hen-house , thinking to catch me but he fell into his own trap , and broke his own neck . He is very heavy ; I wish you would help me to draw the sledge . ' The squirrel did as he was asked , and the sledge moved slowly along . By-and-by a hare came running across a field , but stopped to see what wonderful thing was coming . ` What have you got there ? ' she asked , and the marten told his story and begged the hare to help them pull . The hare pulled her hardest , and after a while they were joined by a fox , and then by a wolf , and at length a bear was added to the company , and he was of more use than all the other five beasts put together . Besides , when the whole six had supped off the man he was not so heavy to draw .
The worst of it was that they soon began to get hungry again , and the wolf , who was the hungriest XXXXX all , said to the rest : ` What shall we eat now , my friends , as there is no more man ? ' '
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