But there was no one there that night . Then it howled and shrieked again , My father has set no sentry in , War and Pest this night begin . At the same moment , it noticed the smith standing in front of the altar , and came rushing towards him . ` Are you there ? ' it screamed ; ` now I 'll catch you . ' But it could not come up over the step in front of the altar , and there it continued to howl , and scream , and threaten , until the clock struck one , when it had to go into the chest again , and Christian heard the lid slam above it . That night , however , it had not the same appearance as on the previous one ; it was less ugly . When all was quiet in the church , the smith lay down before the altar and slept calmly till the following morning , when the colonel came to fetch him . He was taken up to the king again , and things went on as the day before . He got his money , but would give no explanation whether he had seen the king 's daughter , and he would not take the post again , he said . But after he had got a good breakfast , and tasted well of the king 's wines , he undertook to go on guard again the third night , but he would not do it for less than the half of the kingdom , he said , for it was a dangerous post , and the king had to agree , and promise him this . The remainder of the day went like the previous one . He played the boastful soldier , and the merry smith , and he had comrades and boon-companions in plenty . At eight o'clock he had to put on his uniform again , and was shut up in the church . He had not been there for an hour before he had come to his senses , and thought , ` It 's best to stop now , while the game is going well . ' The third night , he was sure , would be the worst ; he had been drunk when he promised it , and the half of the kingdom , the king could never have been in earnest about that ! So he decided to leave , without waiting so long as on the previous nights . In that way he would escape the little man who had watched him before . All the doors and posterns were locked , but he finally though of creeping up to a window , and opening that , and as the clock struck nine , he crept out there . It was fairly high in the wall , but he got to the ground with no bones broken , and started to run .
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