Some days passed , and at last he had to take his bride home to the palace , and he got ready to do so . Just as they were taking leave , the kitchen wench sprang down from her place by the stove , on the pretext of fetching something from the cowhouse , and in going by she whispered in the Prince 's ear as he stood in the yard : ` Alas ! dear Prince , do not rob me of my silver and my gold . ' Thereupon the King 's son recognised the cinder wench ; so he took both the girls with him , and set out . After they had gone some little way they came to the bank of a river , and the Prince threw the witch 's daughter across to serve as a bridge , and so got over with the cinder wench . There lay the witch 's daughter then , like a bridge over the river , and could not stir , though her heart was consumed with grief . No help was near , so she cried at last in her anguish : ` May there grow a golden hemlock out of my body ! perhaps my mother will know me by that token . ' Scarcely had she spoken when a golden hemlock sprang up from her , and stood upon the bridge . Now , as soon as the Prince had got rid of the witch 's daughter he greeted the cinder wench as his bride , and they wandered together to the birch tree which grew upon the mother 's grave . There they received all sorts of treasures and riches , three sacks full of gold , and as much silver , and a splendid steed , which bore them home to the palace . There they lived a long time together , and the young wife bore a son to the Prince . Immediately word was brought to the witch that her daughter had borne a son -- for they all believed the young King 's wife to be the witch 's daughter . ` So , so , ' said the witch to herself ; ' I had better away with my gift for the infant , then . ' And so saying she set out . Thus it happened that she came to the bank of the river , and there she saw the beautiful golden hemlock growing in the middle of the bridge , and when she began to cut it down to take to her grandchild , she heard a voice moaning : ` Alas ! dear mother , do not cut me so ! ' ` Are you here ? ' demanded the witch . ` Indeed I am , dear little mother , ' answered the daughter ` They threw me across the river to make a bridge of me . '
In a moment the witch had the bridge shivered XXXXX atoms , and then she hastened away to the palace .
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