So the women quarrelled just as much as they did before , and no one ever knew whose husband was the most foolish . -LSB- Adapted from the Neuislandische Volksmarchen . -RSB- Asmund and Signy Long , long ago , in the days when fairies , witches , giants and ogres still visited the earth , there lived a king who reigned over a great and beautiful country . He was married to a wife whom he dearly loved , and had two most promising children -- a son called Asmund , and a daughter who was named Signy . The king and queen were very anxious to bring their children up well , and the young prince and princess were taught everything likely to make them clever and accomplished . They lived at home in their father 's palace , and he spared no pains to make their lives happy . Prince Asmund dearly loved all outdoor sports and an open-air life , and from his earliest childhood he had longed to live entirely in the forest close by . After many arguments and entreaties he succeeded in persuading the king to give him two great oak trees for his very own . ` Now , ' said he to his sister , ' I will have the trees hollowed out , and then I will make rooms in them and furnish them so that I shall be able to live out in the forest . ' ` Oh , Asmund ! ' exclaimed Signy , ` what a delightful idea ! Do let me come too , and live in one of your trees . I will bring all my pretty things and ornaments , and the trees are so near home we shall be quite safe in them . ' Asmund , who was extremely fond of his sister , readily consented , and they had a very happy time together , carrying over all their pet treasures , and Signy 's jewels and other ornaments , and arranging them in the pretty little rooms inside the trees . Unfortunately sadder days were to come . A war with another country broke out , and the king had to lead his army against their enemy . During his absence the queen fell ill , and after lingering for some time she died , to the great grief of her children . They made up their minds to live altogether for a time in their trees , and for this purpose they had provisions enough stored up inside to last them a year . Now , I must tell you , in another country a long way off , there reigned a king who had an only son named Ring . Prince Ring had heard so much about the beauty and goodness of Princess Signy that he determined to marry her if possible .
So he begged his father to let him have a ship XXXXX the voyage , set sail with a favourable wind , and after a time landed in the country where Signy lived .
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