He told these under-officers that he was one of that kind of folk who never are afraid of anything . Then he was just the kind of man they liked , said they , and he might easily earn a good penny , before he was a day older , for the king paid a hundred dollars to anyone who would stand as sentinel in the church all night , beside his daughter 's chest . Christian was not afraid of that he was n't afraid of anything , so they drank another bottle of wine on this , and Christian went with them up to the colonel , where he was put into uniform with musket , and all the rest , and was then shut up in the church , to stand as sentinel that night . It was eight o'clock when he took up his post , and for the first hour he was quite proud of his courage ; during the second hour he was well pleased with the large reward that he would get , but in the third hour , when it was getting near eleven , the effects of the wine passed off , and he began to get uncomfortable , for he had heard about this post ; that no one had ever escapeed alive from it , so far as was known . But neither did anyone know what had become of all the sentinels . The thought of this ran in his head so much , after the wine was out of it , that he searched about everywhere for a way of escape , and finally , at eleven o'clock , he found a little postern in the steeple which was not locked , and out at this he crept , intending to run away . At the same moment as he put his foot outside the church door , he saw standing before him a little man , who said , ` Good evening , Christian , where are you going ? ' With that he felt as if he were rooted to the spot and could not move . ` Nowhere , ' said he . ` Oh , yes , ' said the little man , ` You were just about to run away , but you have taken upon you to stand sentinel in the church to-night , and there you must stay . ' Christian said , very humbly , that he dared not , and therefore wanted to get away , and begged to be let go . ` No , ' said the little one , ` you must remain at your post , but I shall give you a piece of good advice ; you shall go up into the pulpit , and remain standing there . You need never mind what you see or hear , it will not be able to do you any harm , if you remain in your place until you hear the lid of the chest slam down again behind the dead ; then all danger is past , and you can go about the church , wherever you please . ' The little man then pushed him in at the door again , and locked it after him . Christian made haste to get up into the pulpit , and stood there , without noticing anything , until the clock struck twelve . Then the lid of the princess 's chest sprang up , and out of it there came something like the princess , dressed as you see in the picture . It shrieked and howled , ` Sentry , where are you ? Sentry , where are you ? If you do n't come , you shall get the most cruel death anyone had ever got . ' It went all round the church , and when it finally caught sight of the smith , up in the pulpit , it came rushing thither and mounted the steps .
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