So she ran to the place where she had left them , but they had vanished as if the earth had swallowed them up . She whistled and called , but only the birds answered her . Then she sank down on the ground and wept bitterly , not daring to return home until some hours had passed away . And when she had had her cry out she got up and searched all up and down the wood . But it was no use ; there was not a sign of the pigs . At last she thought that perhaps if she climbed a tree she might see further . But no sooner was she seated on the highest branch than something happened which put the pigs quite out of her head . This was a handsome young man who was coming down the path ; and when he had almost reached the tree he pulled aside a rock and disappeared behind it . The maiden rubbed her eyes and wondered if she had been dreaming . Next she thought , ' I will not stir from here till I see him come out , and discover who he is . ' Accordingly she waited , and at dawn the next morning the rock moved to one side and a lion came out . When he had gone quite out of sight the girl climbed down from the tree and went to the rock , which she pushed aside , and entered the opening before her . The path led to a beautiful house . She went in , swept and dusted the furniture , and put everything tidy . Then she ate a very good dinner , which was on a shelf in the corner , and once more clambered up to the top of her tree . As the sun set she saw the same young man walking gaily down the path , and , as before , he pushed aside the rock and disappeared behind it . Next morning out came the lion . He looked sharply about him on all sides , but saw no one , and then vanished into the forest . The maiden then came down from the tree and did exactly as she had done the day before . Thus three days went by , and every day she went and tidied up the palace .
XXXXX length , when the girl found she was no nearer to discovering the secret , she resolved to ask him , and in the evening when she caught sight of him coming through the wood she came down from the tree and begged him to tell her his name .
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