He kissed her for the last time , and was off the next minute , walking as fast as he could . She shouted after him , and then seeing there was no use , she dressed herself and pursued him . He never stopped , nor stayed , nor looked back , and still she kept him in sight ; and when he was on the hill she was in the hollow , and when he was in the hollow she was on the hill . Her life was almost leaving her , when , just as the sun was setting , he turned up a lane , and went into a little house . She crawled up after him , and when she got inside there was a beautiful little boy on his knees , and he kissing and hugging him . ` Here , my poor darling , ' says he , ` is your eldest child , and there , ' says he , pointing to a woman that was looking on with a smile on her face , ` is the eagle that carried him away . ' She forgot all her sorrows in a moment , hugging her child , and laughing and crying over him . The woman washed their feet , and rubbed them with an ointment that took all the soreness out of their bones , and made them as fresh as a daisy . Next morning , just before sunrise , he was up , and prepared to be off , ` Here , ' said he to her , ` is a thing which may be of use to you . It 's a scissors , and whatever stuff you cut with it will be turned into silk . The moment the sun rises , I 'll lose all memory of yourself and the children , but I 'll get it at sunset again . Farewell ! ' But he was n't far gone till she was in sight of him again , leaving her boy behind . It was the same to-day as yesterday : their shadows went before them in the morning and followed them in the evening . He never stopped , and she never stopped , and as the sun was setting he turned up another lane , and there they found their little daughter . It was all joy and comfort again till morning , and then the third day 's journey commenced . But before he started he gave her a comb , and told her that whenever she used it , pearls and diamonds would fall from her hair . Still he had his memory from sunset to sunrise ; but from sunrise to sunset he travelled on under the charm , and never threw his eye behind . This night they came to where the youngest baby was , and the next morning , just before sunrise , the prince spoke to her for the last time . ` Here , my poor wife , ' said he , ` is a little hand-reel , with gold thread that has no end , and the half of our marriage ring .
If you ever get XXXXX my house , and put your half-ring to mine , I shall recollect you .
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