It was really a magic ring , but neither Peter nor the maiden knew that . Peter 's heart was heavy as he set out for home . He had ceased to love the wife whom he had left at his wedding feast , and his heart had gone out to the golden-haired girl . However , it was no use thinking of that , so he rode forward steadily . The fire had to be passed through before he had gone very far , and when he came to it , Peter shook the napkins three times in the flames and a passage opened for trim . But then a curious thing happened ; the three dogs , who had followed at his heels all the way , now became three cakes again , which Peter put into his bag with the napkins . After that he stopped at the houses of the three old women , and gave each one back her napkin and her cake . ` Where is my wife ? ' asked Peter , when he reached home . ` Oh , my dear son , why did you ever leave us ? After you had vanished , no one knew where , your poor wife grew more and more wretched , and would neither eat nor drink . Little by little she faded away , and a month ago we laid her in her grave , to hide her sorrows under the earth . ' At this news Peter began to weep , for he had loved his wife before he went away and had seen the golden-haired maiden . He went sorrowfully about his work for the space of half a year , when , one night , he dreamed that he moved the diamond ring given him by the maiden from his right hand and put it on the wedding finger of the left . The dream was so real that he awoke at once and changed the ring from one hand to the other . And as he did so guess what he saw ? Why , the golden-haired girl standing before him . And he sprang up and kissed her , and said : ` Now you are mine for ever and ever , and when we die we will both be buried in one grave . ' And so they were . -LSB- From Ungarische Mahrchen . -RSB-
The Death Of Abu Nowas And Of His Wife Once upon a time there lived a man whose name was Abu Nowas , and he was a great favourite with the Sultan XXXXX the country , who had a palace in the same town where Abu Nowas dwelt .
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