`` Oh , how I should have liked to see him too ! '' said Cinderlad . `` Well , he shone nearly as brightly as the coal-heaps that thou art always lying raking among , dirty black creature that thou art ! '' said the brothers . Next day all the knights and princes were to appear before the King and Princess -- it had been too late for them to do it the night before -- in order that he who had the golden apple might produce it . They all went in turn , first princes , and then knights , but none of them had a golden apple . `` But somebody must have it , '' said the King , `` for with our own eyes we all saw a man ride up and take it . '' So he commanded that everyone in the kingdom should come to the palace , and see if he could show the apple . And one after the other they all came , but no one had the golden apple , and after a long , long time Cinderlad 's two brothers came likewise . They were the last of all , so the King inquired of them if there was no one else in the kingdom left to come . `` Oh ! yes , we have a brother , '' said the two , `` but he never got the golden apple ! He never left the cinder-heap on any of the three days . '' `` Never mind that , '' said the King ; `` as everyone else has come to the palace , let him come too . '' So Cinderlad was forced to go to the King 's palace . `` Hast thou the golden apple ? '' asked the King . `` Yes , here is the first , and here is the second , and here is the third , too , '' said Cinderlad , and he took all three apples out of his pocket , and with that drew off his sooty rags , and appeared there before them in his bright golden armor , which gleamed as he stood . `` Thou shalt have my daughter , and the half of my kingdom , and thou hast well earned both ! '' said the King .
So there was a wedding , and Cinderlad got the King 's daughter , and everyone made merry at the wedding , for all XXXXX them could make merry , though they could not ride up the glass hill , and if they have not left off their merry-making they must be at it still .
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