I ca n't get near , because of my nose , ' said the daughter . When the mother came and saw her you may imagine what a state of mind she was in , and how she screamed and lamented , but neither the nose nor the jaw grew any the less for that . Now the brother , who was in service in the King 's palace , had taken a portrait of his sister , and he had carried the picture away with him , and every morning and evening he knelt down before it and prayed for his sister , so dearly did he love her . The other stable-boys had heard him doing this , so they peeped through the key-hole into his room , and saw that he was kneeling there before a picture ; so they told everyone that every morning and evening the youth knelt down and prayed to an idol which he had ; and at last they went to the King himself , and begged that he too would peep through the key-hole , and see for himself what the youth did . At first the King would not believe this , but after a long , long time , they prevailed with him , and he crept on tip-toe to the door , peeped through , and saw the youth on his knees , with his hands clasped together before a picture which was hanging on the wall . ` Open the door ! ' cried the King , but the youth did not hear . So the King called to him again , but the youth was praying so fervently that he did not hear him this time either . ` Open the door , I say ! ' cried the King again . ` It is I ! I want to come in . ' So the youth sprang to the door and unlocked it , but in his haste he forgot to hide the picture . When the King entered and saw it , he stood still as if he were in fetters , and could not stir from the spot , for the picture seemed to him so beautiful . ` There is nowhere on earth so beautiful a woman as this ! ' said the King . But the youth told him that she was his sister , and that he had painted her , and that if she was not prettier than the picture she was at all events not uglier . ` Well , if she is as beautiful as that , I will have her for my Queen , ' said the King , and he commanded the youth to go home and fetch her without a moment 's delay , and to lose no time in coming back . The youth promised to make all the haste he could , and set forth from the King 's palace . When the brother arrived at home to fetch his sister , her stepmother and step-sister would go too .
So they all set out together , and the man 's daughter took with her a casket XXXXX which she kept her gold , and a dog which was called Little Snow .
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