As she turned into the courtyard of the castle the King 's son came out to meet her , tied her steed to a pillar , and led her in . He never left her side as they passed through the castle rooms ; and all the people gazed at her , and wondered who the lovely maiden was , and from what castle she came ; but no one knew her -- no one knew anything about her . At the banquet the Prince invited her to sit next him in the place of honour ; but the witch 's daughter gnawed the bones under the table . The Prince did not see her , and thinking it was a dog , he gave her such a push with his foot that her arm was broken . Are you not sorry for the witch 's daughter ? It was not her fault that her mother was a witch . Towards evening the good man 's daughter thought it was time to go home ; but as she went , her ring caught on the latch of the door , for the King 's son had had it smeared with tar . She did not take time to pull it off , but , hastily unfastening her horse from the pillar , she rode away beyond the castle walls as swift as an arrow . Arrived at home , she took off her clothes by the birch tree , left her horse standing there , and hastened to her place behind the stove . In a short time the man and the woman came home again too , and the witch said to the girl : ` Ah ! you poor thing , there you are to be sure ! You do n't know what fine times we have had at the palace ! The King 's son carried my daughter about , but the poor thing fell and broke her arm . ' The girl knew well how matters really stood , but she pretended to know nothing about it , and sat dumb behind the stove . The next day they were invited again to the King 's banquet . ` Hey ! old man , ' said the witch , ` get on your clothes as quick as you can ; we are bidden to the feast . Take you the child ; I will give the other one work , lest she weary . ' She kindled the fire , threw a potful of hemp seed among the ashes , and said to the girl : ` If you do not get this sorted , and all the seed back into the pot , I shall kill you ! ' The girl wept bitterly ; then she went to the birch tree , washed herself on one side of it and dried herself on the other ; and this time still finer clothes were given to her , and a very beautiful steed .
She broke off a branch XXXXX the birch tree , struck the hearth with it , so that the seeds flew into the pot , and then hastened to the castle .
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