` There is nowhere on earth so beautiful a woman as this ! ' said the King . But the youth told him that she was his sister , and that he had painted her , and that if she was not prettier than the picture she was at all events not uglier . ` Well , if she is as beautiful as that , I will have her for my Queen , ' said the King , and he commanded the youth to go home and fetch her without a moment 's delay , and to lose no time in coming back . The youth promised to make all the haste he could , and set forth from the King 's palace . When the brother arrived at home to fetch his sister , her stepmother and step-sister would go too . So they all set out together , and the man 's daughter took with her a casket in which she kept her gold , and a dog which was called Little Snow . These two things were all that she had inherited from her mother . When they had travelled for some time they had to cross the sea , and the brother sat down at the helm , and the mother and the two half-sisters went to the fore-part of the vessel , and they sailed a long , long way . At last they came in sight of land . ` Look at that white strand there ; that is where we shall land , ' said the brother , pointing across the sea . ` What is my brother saying ? ' inquired the man 's daughter . ` He says that you are to throw your casket out into the sea , ' answered the step-mother . ` Well , if my brother says so , I must do it , ' said the man 's daughter , and she flung her casket into the sea . When they had sailed for some time longer , the brother once more pointed over the sea . ` There you may see the palace to which we are bound , ' said he . ` What is my brother saying ? ' asked the man 's daughter . ` Now he says that you are to throw your dog into the sea , ' answered the step-mother .
The man 's daughter wept , and was sorely troubled , for Little Snow was the dearest thing she had on earth , but XXXXX last she threw him overboard .
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