And when he was rid of him the King went into the castle . At first the Queen did not know him , because he had grown so thin and pale from having travelled so long and so sorrowfully ; but when she saw her ring she was heartily glad , and then the rightful wedding was held , and held in such a way that it was talked about far and wide . -LRB- 12 -RRB- -LRB- 12 -RRB- From J. Moe . THE VOICE OF DEATH ONCE upon a time there lived a man whose one wish and prayer was to get rich . Day and night he thought of nothing else , and at last his prayers were granted , and he became very wealthy . Now being so rich , and having so much to lose , he felt that it would be a terrible thing to die and leave all his possessions behind ; so he made up his mind to set out in search of a land where there was no death . He got ready for his journey , took leave of his wife , and started . Whenever he came to a new country the first question that he asked was whether people died in that land , and when he heard that they did , he set out again on his quest . At last he reached a country where he was told that the people did not even know the meaning of the word death . Our traveller was delighted when he heard this , and said : ` But surely there are great numbers of people in your land , if no one ever dies ? ' ` No , ' they replied , ` there are not great numbers , for you see from time to time a voice is heard calling first one and then another , and whoever hears that voice gets up and goes away , and never comes back . ' ` And do they see the person who calls them , ' he asked , ` or do they only hear his voice ? ' ` They both see and hear him , ' was the answer . Well , the man was amazed when he heard that the people were stupid enough to follow the voice , though they knew that if they went when it called them they would never return . And he went back to his own home and got all his possessions together , and , taking his wife and family , he set out resolved to go and live in that country where the people did not die , but where instead they heard a voice calling them , which they followed into a land from which they never returned . For he had made up his own mind that when he or any of his family heard that voice they would pay no heed to it , however loudly it called . After he had settled down in his new home , and had got everything in order about him , he warned his wife and family that , unless they wanted to die , they must on no account listen to a voice which they might some day hear calling them . For some years everything went well with them , and they lived happily in their new home . But one day , while they were all sit-ting together round the table , his wife suddenly started up , exclaiming in a loud voice : ' I am coming ! I am coming ! '
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