The smith sprang up out of the chest and fell on his knees and thanked God . The church was empty , but up in front of the altar lay the princess , white and red , like a human being , but sobbing and crying , and shaking with cold in her white shroud . The smith took his sentry coat and wrapped it round her ; then she dried her tears , and took his hand and thanked him , and said that he had now freed her from all the sorcery that had been in her from her birth , and which had come over her again when her father broke the command against seeing her until she had completed her fourteenth year . She said further , that if he who had delivered her would take her in marriage , she would be his . If not , she would go into a nunnery , and he could marry no other as long as she lived , for he was wedded to her with the service of the dead , which he had heard . She was now the most beautiful young princess that anyone could wish to see , and he was now lord of half the kingdom , which had been promised him for standing on guard the third nigh . So they agreed that they would have each other , and love each other all their days . With the first sunbeam the watch came and opened the church , and not only was the colonel there , but the king in person , come to see what had happened to the sentinel . He found them both sitting hand in hand on the step in front of the altar , and immediately knew his daughter again , and took her in his arms , thanking God and her deliverer . He made no objections to what they had arranged , and so Christian the smith held his wedding with the princess , and got half the kingdom at once , and the whole of it when the king died . As for the other sentries , with so many doors and windows open , no doubt they had run away , and gone into the Prussian service . And as for what Christian said he saw , he had been drinking more wine than was good for him . The Three Brothers Translated from the German of the Brothers Grimm . There was once a man who had three sons , and no other possessions beyond the house in which he lived . Now the father loved his three sons equally , so that he could not make up his mind which of them should have the house after his death , because he did not wish to favour any one more than the others . And he did not want to sell the house , because it had belonged to his family for generations ; otherwise he could have divided the money equally amongst them . At last an idea struck him , and he said to his sons : ` You must all go out into the world , and look about you , and each learn a trade , and then , when you return , whoever can produce the best masterpiece shall have the house . ' The sons were quite satisfied . The eldest wished to be a blacksmith , the second a barber , and the third a fencing-master . They appointed a time when they were to return home , and then they all set out .
It so happened that each found a good master , where he learnt all that was necessary XXXXX his trade in the best possible way .
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