And he put his ear down to the earth , to listen if he could hear the sound of his brother 's beasts . And it seemed to him as if he heard a faint sound far off , but he did not know from what direction it came . So he blew on his hunting horn and listened again . And again he heard the sound , and this time it seemed to come from the direction of a fire burning in the wood . So he went towards the fire , and there the old woman was raking sticks and leaves into the embers . And he asked her if he might spend the night beside her fire . But she told him she was afraid of his beasts , and he must first allow her to give each of them a stroke with her rod . But he answered her : ` Certainly not . I am their master , and no one shall strike them but I myself . Give me the rod ' ; and he touched the fox with it , and in a moment it was turned into stone . Then he knew that the old woman was a witch , and he turned to her and said : ` Unless you restore my brothers and their beasts back to life at once , my lion will tear you in pieces . ' Then the witch was terrified , and taking a young oak tree she burnt it into white ashes , and sprinkled the ashes on the stones that stood around . And in a moment the two princes stood before their brother , and their beasts stood round them . Then the three princes set off together to the town . And the king did not know which was his son-in-law , but the princess knew which was her husband , and there were great rejoicings throughout the land . THE GOAT 'S EARS OF THE EMPEROR TROJAN Once upon a time there lived an emperor whose name was Trojan , and he had ears like a goat . Every morning , when he was shaved , he asked if the man saw anything odd about him , and as each fresh barber always replied that the emperor had goat 's ears , he was at once ordered to be put to death . Now after this state of things had lasted a good while , there was hardly a barber left in the town that could shave the emperor , and it came to be the turn of the Master of the Company of Barbers to go up to the palace . But , unluckily , at the very moment that he should have set out , the master fell suddenly ill , and told one of his apprentices that he must go in his stead . When the youth was taken to the emperor 's bedroom , he was asked why he had come and not his master .
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