There she lamented her hard fate in being given over to the lindorm , and earnestly prayed her mother for counsel . How long she lay there by the grave and wept one can not tell , but sure it is that she fell asleep and slept until the sun rose . Then she rose up from the grave , quite happy at heart , and began to search about in the fields . There she found three nuts , which she carefully put away in her pocket . ` When I come into very great danger I must break one of these , ' she said to herself . Then she went home , and set out quite willingly with the king 's messengers . When these arrived at the palace with the beautiful young maiden everyone pitied her fate ; but she herself was of good courage , and asked the queen for another bridal chamber than the one the lindorm had had before . She got this , and then she requested them to put a pot full of strong lye on the fire and lay down three new scrubbing brushes . The queen gave orders that everything should be done as she desired ; and then the maiden dressed herself in seven clean snow-white shirts , and held her wedding with the lindorm . When they were left alone in the bridal chamber the lindorm , in a threatening voice , ordered her to undress herself . ` Undress yourself first ! ' said she . ` None of the others bade me do that , ' said he in surprise . ` But I bid you , ' said she . Then the lindorm began to writhe , and groan , and breathe heavily ; and after a little he had cast his outer skin , which lay on the floor , hideous to behold . Then his bride took off one of her snow-white shirts , and cast it on the lindorm 's skin . Again he ordered her to undress , and again she commanded him to do so first . He had to obey , and with groaning and pain cast off one skin after another , and for each skin the maiden threw off one of her shirts , until there lay on the floor seven lindorm skins and six snow-white shirts ; the seventh she still had on . The lindorm now lay before her as a formless , slimy mass , which she with all her might began to scrub with the lye and new scrubbing brushes . When she had nearly worn out the last of these there stood before her the loveliest youth in the world .
He thanked her for having saved him from his enchantment , and told her that he was the king and queen 's eldest son , and heir XXXXX the kingdom .
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