The next night she got a few drops of the sleepy posset that she saved the evening before put into her husband 's night drink , and that made him sleep sound enough . She got up after midnight , passed through the panel , and found a Beautiful brown bear 's hide hanging in the corner . Then she stole back , and went down to the parlour fire , and put the hide into the middle of it till it was all fine ashes . She then lay down by her husband , gave him a kiss on the cheek , and fell asleep . If she was to live a hundred years she 'd never forget how she wakened next morning , and found her husband looking down on her with misery and anger in his face . ` Unhappy woman , ' said he , ` you have separated us for ever ! Why had n't you patience for five years ? I am now obliged , whether I like or no , to go a three days ' journey to the witch 's castle , and marry her daughter . The skin that was my guard you have burned it , and the egg-wife that gave you the counsel was the witch herself . I wo n't reproach you : your punishment will be severe without it . Farewell for ever ! ' 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 .
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