She forgot all about her daughter , and ran down to the shore , screaming with rage at being outwitted a third time . ` Is that you , Pinkel ? ' cried she . ` Yes , dear mother , it is I. ' ` Have you taken my gold cloak ? ' ` Yes , dear mother , I have . ' ` Are you not a great knave ? ' ` Yes , truly dear mother , I am . ' And so indeed he was ! But , all the same , he carried the cloak to the king 's palace , and in return he received the hand of the king 's daughter in marriage . People said that it was the bride who ought to have worn the cloak at her wedding feast ; but the king was so pleased with it that he would not part from it ; and to the end of his life was never seen without it . After his death , Pinkel became king ; and let up hope that he gave up his bad and thievish ways , and ruled his subjects well . As for his brothers , he did not punish them , but left them in the stables , where they grumbled all day long . The Adventures of a Jackal -LSB- Thorpe 's Yule-Tide Stories . -RSB- In a country which is full of wild beasts of all sorts there once lived a jackal and a hedgehog , and , unlike though they were , the two animals made great friends , and were often seen in each other 's company . One afternoon they were walking along a road together , when the jackal , who was the taller of the two , exclaimed : ` Oh ! there is a barn full of corn ; let us go and eat some . ' ` Yes , do let us ! ' answered the hedgehog . So they went to the barn , and ate till they could eat no more . Then the jackal put on his shoes , which he had taken off so as to make no noise , and they returned to the high road .
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