Then the young man said to the king : ` Speak the words that it may open . ' And the king answered : ` What are the words ? Shall I say something like this : `` Shut ; shut ; shut '' ? ' ` No , ' said he ; ` say `` Open , Sartara Martara of the earth . '' ' When the king had so said , the door opened of itself , and they went in , while the king gnawed his moustache in anger . Then they came to the second door , where the same thing happened as at the first , and they went in and found the princess . Then spoke the king and said : ` Yes , truly , you have found the princess . Now I will turn her as well as all her maidens into ducks , and if you can guess which of these ducks is my daughter , then you shall have her to wife . ' And immediately the king changed all the maidens into ducks , and he drove them before the young man , and said : ` Now show me which is my daughter . ' Then the princess , according to their understanding , began to clean her wings with her bill , and the lad said : ` She who cleans her wings is the princess . ' Now the king could do nothing more but give her to the young man to wife , and they lived together in great joy and happiness . -LRB- From the German . -RRB- THE GIRL WHO PRETENDED TO BE A BOY Once upon a time there lived an emperor who was a great conqueror , and reigned over more countries than anyone in the world . And whenever he subdued a fresh kingdom , he only granted peace on condition that the king should deliver him one of his sons for ten years ' service . Now on the borders of his kingdom lay a country whose emperor was as brave as his neighbour , and as long as he was young he was the victor in every war . But as years passed away , his head grew weary of making plans of campaign , and his people wanted to stay at home and till their fields , and at last he too felt that he must do homage to the other emperor . One thing , however , held him back from this step which day by day he saw more clearly was the only one possible . His new overlord would demand the service of one of his sons . And the old emperor had no son ; only three daughters . Look on which side he would , nothing but ruin seemed to lie before him , and he became so gloomy , that his daughters were frightened , and did everything they could think of to cheer him up , but all to no purpose .
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