Unluckily , just as he was about to go through it he looked back and caught a glimpse of wonderful splendours from an open door of the palace . ` After all , there is no hurry , ' he said to himself ; ' I may as well see something now I AM here , ' and turned back , forgetting all about the hen , which escaped from under his arm , and ran to join her sisters . He was so much fascinated by the sight of all the beautiful things which peeped through the door that he scarcely noticed that he had lost the prize he had won ; and he did not remember there was such a thing as a hen in the world when he beheld the Sister of the Sun sleeping on a bed before him . For some time he stood staring ; then he came to himself with a start , and feeling that he had no business there , softly stole away , and was fortunate enough to recapture the hen , which he took with him to the gate . On the threshold he stopped again . ` Why should I not look at the Sister of the Sun ? ' he thought to himself ; ` she is asleep , and will never know . ' And he turned back for the second time and entered the chamber , while the hen wriggled herself free as before . When he had gazed his fill he went out into the courtyard and picked up his hen who was seeking for corn . As he drew near the gate he paused . ` Why did I not give her a kiss ? ' he said to himself ; ' I shall never kiss any woman so beautiful . ' And he wrung his hands with regret , so that the hen fell to the ground and ran away . ` But I can do it still ! ' he cried with delight , and he rushed back to the chamber and kissed the sleeping maiden on the forehead . But , alas ! when he came out again he found that the hen had grown so shy that she would not let him come near her . And , worse than that , her sisters began to cluck so loud that the Sister of the Sun was awakened by the noise . She jumped up in haste from her bed , and going to the door she said to the boy : ` You shall never , never , have my hen till you bring me back my sister who was carried off by a giant to his castle , which is a long way off . ' Slowly and sadly the youth left the palace and told his story to his friends , who were waiting outside the gate , how he had actually held the hen three times in his arms and had lost her . '
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