Let the wind blow upon him that it may blow away his sorrow . '' Then the King made his son go out into the wind , and he gradually recovered and told his father all . `` Forget the maiden , '' said the King , `` and take another bride '' ; but the Prince said he could never love another . A year afterward he came suddenly upon the bridge where his beloved met her death . As he recalled the misfortune he wept bitterly , and would have given all he possessed to have her once more alive . In the midst of his grief he thought he heard a voice singing , and looked round , but could see no one . Then he heard the voice again , and it said : `` Alas ! bewitched and all forsaken , 'T is I must lie for ever here ! My beloved no thought has taken To free his bride , that was so dear . '' He was greatly astonished , sprang from his horse , and looked everywhere to see if no one were hidden under the bridge ; but no one was there . Then he noticed a yellow water-lily floating on the surface of the water , half hidden by its broad leaves ; but flowers do not sing , and in great surprise he waited , hoping to hear more . Then again the voice sang : `` Alas ! bewitched and all forsaken , 'T is I must lie for ever here ! My beloved no thought has taken To free his bride , that was so dear . '' The Prince suddenly remembered the gold-spinners , and said to himself : `` If I ride thither , who knows but that they could explain this to me ? '' He at once rode to the hut , and found the two maidens at the fountain . He told them what had befallen their sister the year before , and how he had twice heard a strange song , but yet could see no singer . They said that the yellow water-lily could be none other than their sister , who was not dead , but transformed by the magic ball . Before he went to bed , the eldest made a cake of magic herbs , which she gave him to eat . In the night he dreamed that he was living in the forest and could understand all that the birds said to each other .
Next morning he told this to the maidens , and they said XXXXX the charmed cake had caused it , and advised him to listen well to the birds , and see what they could tell him , and when he had recovered his bride they begged him to return and deliver them from their wretched bondage .
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