A man in my country has buried his daughter alive because she loved a youth who was born a peasant . How shall I punish this unnatural father , for it is left to me to give judgment ? ' The king , who was still truly grieved for his daughter 's loss , answered quickly : ` Burn him alive , and strew his ashes all over the kingdom . ' Hans looked at him steadily for a moment , and then threw off his disguise . ` You are the man , ' said he ; ` and I am he who loved your daughter , and became a gold ring on her finger . She is safe , and waiting not far from here ; but you have pronounced judgment on yourself . ' Then the king fell on his knees and begged for mercy ; and as he had in other respects been a good father , they forgave him . The wedding of Hans and the princess was celebrated with great festivities which lasted a month . As for the hill-man he intended to be present ; but whilst he was walking along a street which led to the palace a loose stone fell on his head and killed him . The Cat 's Elopement -LSB- From the Japanische Marchen und Sagen , von David Brauns -LRB- Leipzig : Wilhelm Friedrich -RRB- . -RSB- Once upon a time there lived a cat of marvellous beauty , with a skin as soft and shining as silk , and wise green eyes , that could see even in the dark . His name was Gon , and he belonged to a music teacher , who was so fond and proud of him that he would not have parted with him for anything in the world . Now not far from the music master 's house there dwelt a lady who possessed a most lovely little pussy cat called Koma . She was such a little dear altogether , and blinked her eyes so daintily , and ate her supper so tidily , and when she had finished she licked her pink nose so delicately with her little tongue , that her mistress was never tired of saying , ` Koma , Koma , what should I do without you ? ' Well , it happened one day that these two , when out for an evening stroll , met under a cherry tree , and in one moment fell madly in love with each other . Gon had long felt that it was time for him to find a wife , for all the ladies in the neighbourhood paid him so much attention that it made him quite shy ; but he was not easy to please , and did not care about any of them . Now , before he had time to think , Cupid had entangled him in his net , and he was filled with love towards Koma . She fully returned his passion , but , like a woman , she saw the difficulties in the way , and consulted sadly with Gon as to the means of overcoming them . Gon entreated his master to set matters right by buying Koma , but her mistress would not part from her . Then the music master was asked to sell Gon to the lady , but he declined to listen to any such suggestion , so everything remained as before .
At length the love of the couple grew to such a pitch that they determined to please themselves , and XXXXX seek their fortunes together .
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