I will manage to find such a child , for I am the king of the storks whose life you spared , and now I can repay you for it . ' The stork flew away and soon returned carrying in his beak a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes , and laid it down near a lute . In an instant the baby stretched out its little hands and began to play a tune so beautiful that even the prince forgot his sorrows as he listened . Then he was given a flute and a zither , but he was just as well able to draw music from them ; and the prince , whose courage was gradually rising , spoke to him in all the languages he knew . The baby answered him in all , and no one could have told which was his native tongue ! The next morning the king went straight to the prince 's room , and saw with his own eyes the wonders that baby could do . ` If your magic can produce such a baby , ' he said , ` you must be greater than any wizard that ever lived , and shall have my daughter in marriage . ' And , being a king , and therefore accustomed to have everything the moment he wanted it , he commanded the ceremony to be performed without delay , and a splendid feast to be made for the bride and bridegroom . When it was over , he said to the prince : ` Now that you are really my son , tell me by what arts you were able to fulfil the tasks I set you ? ' ` My noble father-in-law , ' answered the prince , ' I am ignorant of all spells and arts . But somehow I have always managed to escape the death which has threatened me . ' And he told the king how he had been forced to run away from his stepfather , and how he had spared the three birds , and had joined the two soldiers , who had from envy done their utmost to ruin him . The king was rejoiced in his heart that his daughter had married a prince , and not a common man , and he chased the two soldiers away with whips , and told them that if they ever dared to show their faces across the borders of his kingdom , they should die the same death he had prepared for the prince . -LSB- From Ungarische Mahrchen -RSB- Tritill , Litill , And The Birds Once upon a time there lived a princess who was so beautiful and so good that everybody loved her . Her father could hardly bear her out of his sight , and he almost died of grief when , one day , she disappeared , and though the whole kingdom was searched through and through , she could not be found in any corner of it . In despair , the king ordered a proclamation to be made that whoever could bring her back to the palace should have her for his wife . This made the young men start afresh on the search , but they were no more successful than before , and returned sorrowfully to their homes . Now there dwelt , not far from the palace , an old man who had three sons . The two eldest were allowed by their parents to do just as they liked , but the youngest was always obliged to give way to his brothers . When they were all grown up , the eldest told his father that he was tired of leading such a quiet life , and that he meant to go away and see the world .
The old people were very unhappy at the thought XXXXX they must part with him , but they said nothing , and began to collect all that he would want for his travels , and were careful to add a pair of new boots .
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