The girl was much startled when instead of the little Roe she expected she saw a man with a gold crown on his head walk in . But the King looked kindly at her , held out his hand , and said , ` Will you come with me to my castle and be my dear wife ? ' ` Oh yes ! ' replied the maiden , ` but you must let my Roe come too . I could not possibly forsake it . ' ` It shall stay with you as long as you live , and shall want for nothing , ' the King promised . In the meantime the Roe came bounding in , and sister tied the rush cord once more to its collar , took the end in her hand , and so they left the little house in the forest together . The King lifted the lonely maiden on to his horse , and led her to his castle , where the wedding was celebrated with the greatest splendour . The Roe was petted and caressed , and ran about at will in the palace gardens . Now all this time the wicked stepmother , who had been the cause of these poor children 's misfortunes and trying adventures , was feeling fully persuaded that sister had been torn to pieces by wild beasts , and brother shot to death in the shape of a Roe . When she heard how happy and prosperous they were , her heart was filled with envy and hatred , and she could think of nothing but how to bring some fresh misfortune on them . Her own daughter , who was as hideous as night and had only one eye , reproached her by saying , ` It is I who ought to have had this good luck and been Queen . ' ` Be quiet , will you , ' said the old woman ; ` when the time comes I shall be at hand . ' Now after some time it happened one day when the King was out hunting that the Queen gave birth to a beautiful little boy . The old witch thought here was a good chance for her ; so she took the form of the lady in waiting , and , hurrying into the room where the Queen lay in her bed , called out , ` The bath is quite ready ; it will help to make you strong again . Come , let us be quick , for fear the water should get cold . ' Her daughter was at hand , too , and between them they carried the Queen , who was still very weak , into the bath-room and laid her in the bath ; then they locked the door and ran away . They took care beforehand to make a blazing hot fire under the bath , so that the lovely young Queen might be suffocated . As soon as they were sure this was the case , the old witch tied a cap on her daughter 's head and laid her in the Queen 's bed . She managed , too , to make her figure and general appearance look like the Queen 's , but even her power could not restore the eye she had lost ; so she made her lie on the side of the missing eye , in order to prevent the King 's noticing anything .
In the evening , when the King came home and heard the news XXXXX his son 's birth , he was full of delight , and insisted on going at once to his dear wife 's bedside to see how she was getting on .
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