When the King came home and wished to speak to his wife the woman called out : ` Quietly , quietly I this will never do ; your wife is very ill , you must let her rest all to-day . ' The King suspected no evil , and did n't come again till next morning . When he spoke to his wife and she answered him , instead of the usual piece of gold a toad jumped out of her mouth . Then he asked what it meant , and the old woman told him it was nothing but weakness , and that she would soon be all right again . But that same evening the scullion noticed a duck swimming up the gutter , saying as it passed : ` What does the King , I pray you tell , Is he awake or sleeps he well ? ' and receiving no reply , it continued : ` And all my guests , are they asleep ? ' and the Scullion answered : ` Yes , one and all they slumber deep . ' Then the Duck went on : ` And what about my baby dear ? ' and he answered : ` Oh , it sleeps soundly , never fear . ' Then the Duck assumed the Queen 's shape , went up to the child 's room , tucked him up comfortably in his cradle , and then swam back down the gutter again , in the likeness of a Duck . This was repeated for two nights , and on the third the Duck said to the Scullion : ` Go and tell the King to swing his sword three times over me on the threshold . ' The Scullion did as the creature bade him , and the King came with his sword and swung it three times over the bird , and lo and behold ! his wife stood before him once more , alive , and as blooming as ever . The King rejoiced greatly , but he kept the Queen in hiding till the Sunday on which the child was to be christened . After the christening he said : ` What punishment does that person deserve who drags another out of bed , and throws him or her , as the case may be , into the water ? ' Then the wicked old stepmother answered : ` No better fate than to be put into a barrel lined with sharp nails , and to be rolled in it down the hill into the water . ' ` You have pronounced your own doom , ' said the King ; and he ordered a barrel to be made lined with sharp nails , and in it he put the bad old woman and her daughter . Then it was fastened down securely , and the barrel was rolled down the hill till it fell into the river . -LRB- 19 -RRB- -LRB- 19 -RRB- Grimm . DAPPLEGRIM THERE was once upon a time a couple of rich folks who had twelve sons , and when the youngest was grown up he would not stay at home any longer , but would go out into the world and seek his fortune .
His father and mother said XXXXX they thought he was very well off at home , and that he was welcome to stay with them ; but he could not rest , and said that he must and would go , so at last they had to give him leave .
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