He declared that we could not possibly get home safely unless I did as he told me . ' The old king fell into a tremendous rage . He called his Council together and condemned the servant to death . The gallows was put up in the square in front of the palace . The servant was led out and his sentence read to him . The rope was being placed round his neck , when he begged to be allowed a few last words . ` On our journey home , ' he said , ` we spent the first night at an inn . I did not sleep but kept watch all night . ' And then he went on to tell what the crows had said , and as he spoke he turned to stone up to his knees . The prince called to him to say no more as he had proved his innocence . But the servant paid no heed to him , and by the time his story was done he had turned to stone from head to foot . Oh ! how grieved the prince was to lose his faithful servant ! And what pained him most was the thought that he was lost through his very faithfulness , and he determined to travel all over the world and never rest till he found some means of restoring him to life . Now there lived at Court an old woman who had been the prince 's nurse . To her he confided all his plans , and left his wife , the princess , in her care . ` You have a long way before you , my son , ' said the old woman ; ` you must never return till you have met with Lucky Luck . If he can not help you no one on earth can . ' So the prince set off to try to find Lucky Luck . He walked and walked till he got beyond his own country , and he wandered through a wood for three days but did not meet a living being in it .
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