I will do thy bidding , ' answered he , and left her at the gate . All who met him bade him welcome , and he charged his father and mother not to kiss him , but as he greeted them his old greyhound leapt on his neck , and kissed him on the mouth . And after that he did not remember the giant 's daughter . All that day she sat on a well which was near the gate , waiting , waiting , but the king 's son never came . In the darkness she climbed up into an oak tree that shadowed the well , and there she lay all night , waiting , waiting . On the morrow , at midday , the wife of a shoemaker who dwelt near the well went to draw water for her husband to drink , and she saw the shadow of the girl in the tree , and thought it was her own shadow . ` How handsome I am , to be sure , ' said she , gazing into the well , and as she stopped to behold herself better , the jug struck against the stones and broke in pieces , and she was forced to return to her husband without the water , and this angered him . ` Thou hast turned crazy , ' said he in wrath . ` Go thou , my daughter , and fetch me a drink , ' and the girl went , and the same thing befell her as had befallen her mother . ` Where is the water ? ' asked the shoemaker , when she came back , and as she held nothing save the handle of the jug he went to the well himself . He too saw the reflection of the woman in the tree , but looked up to discover whence it came , and there above him sat the most beautiful woman in the world . ` Come down , ' he said , ` for a while thou canst stay in my house , ' and glad enough the girl was to come . Now the king of the country was about to marry , and the young men about the court thronged the shoemaker 's shop to buy fine shoes to wear at the wedding . ` Thou hast a pretty daughter , ' said they when they beheld the girl sitting at work . ` Pretty she is , ' answered the shoemaker , ` but no daughter of mine . ' ' I would give a hundred pounds to marry her , ' said one . ` And I , ' ` And I , ' cried the others . ` That is no business of mine , ' answered the shoemaker , and the young men bade him ask her if she would choose one of them for a husband , and to tell them on the morrow . Then the shoemaker asked her , and the girl said that she would marry the one who would bring his purse with him .
So the shoemaker hurried XXXXX the youth who had first spoken , and he came back , and after giving the shoemaker a hundred pounds for his news , he sought the girl , who was waiting for him .
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