In a moment the witch had the bridge shivered to atoms , and then she hastened away to the palace . Stepping up to the young Queen 's bed , she began to try her magic arts upon her , saying : ` Spit , you wretch , on the blade of my knife ; bewitch my knife 's blade for me , and I shall change you into a reindeer of the forest . ' ` Are you there again to bring trouble upon me ? ' said the young woman . She neither spat nor did anything else , but still the witch changed her into a reindeer , and smuggled her own daughter into her place as the Prince 's wife . But now the child grew restless and cried , because it missed its mother 's care . They took it to the court , and tried to pacify it in every conceivable way , but its crying never ceased . ` What makes the child so restless ? ' asked the Prince , and he went to a wise widow woman to ask her advice . ` Ay , ay , your own wife is not at home , ' said the widow woman ; ` she is living like a reindeer in the wood ; you have the witch 's daughter for a wife now , and the witch herself for a mother-in-law . ' ` Is there any way of getting my own wife back from the wood again ? ' asked the Prince . ` Give me the child , ' answered the widow woman . ` I 'll take it with me to-morrow when I go to drive the cows to the wood . I 'll make a rustling among the birch leaves and a trembling among the aspens -- perhaps the boy will grow quiet when he hears it . ' ` Yes , take the child away , take it to the wood with you to quiet it , ' said the Prince , and led the widow woman into the castle . ` How now ? you are going to send the child away to the wood ? ' said the witch in a suspicious tone , and tried to interfere . But the King 's son stood firm by what he had commanded , and said : ` Carry the child about the wood ; perhaps that will pacify it . '
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