The monarch looked at the loaves for a moment without speaking , then he said : ` Good . The man who can do this can also find the ring which my eldest daughter dropped into the sea . ' The prince hastened back to his room and summoned the dove , and when she heard this new command she said : ` Now listen . To-morrow take a knife and a basin and go down to the shore and get into a boat you will find there . ' The young man did not know what he was to do when he was in the boat or where he was to go , but as the dove had come to his rescue before , he was ready to obey her blindly . When he reached the boat he found the dove perched on one of the masts , and at a signal from her he put to sea ; the wind was behind them and they soon lost sight of land . The dove then spoke for the first time and said , ` Take that knife and cut off my head , but be careful that not a single drop of blood falls to the ground . Afterwards you must throw it into the sea . ' Wondering at this strange order , the prince picked up his knife and severed the dove 's head from her body at one stroke . A little while after a dove rose from the water with a ring in its beak , and laying it in the prince 's hand , dabbled itself with the blood that was in the basin , when its head became that of a beautiful girl . Another moment and it had vanished completely , and the prince took the ring and made his way back to the palace . The king stared with surprise at the sight of the ring , but he thought of another way of getting rid of the young man which was surer even than the other two . ` This evening you will mount my colt and ride him to the field , and break him in properly . ' The prince received this command as silently as he had received the rest , but no sooner was he in his room than he called for the dove , who said : ` Attend to me . My father longs to see you dead , and thinks he will kill you by this means . He himself is the colt , my mother is the saddle , my two sisters are the stirrups , and I am the bridle . Do not forget to take a good club , to help you in dealing with such a crew . ' So the prince mounted the colt , and gave him such a beating that when he came to the palace to announce that the animal was now so meek that it could be ridden by the smallest child , he found the king so bruised that he had to be wrapped in cloths dipped in vinegar , the mother was too stiff to move , and several of the daughters ' ribs were broken . The youngest , however , was quite unharmed . That night she came to the prince and whispered to him : ` Now that they are all in too much pain to move , we had better seize our chance and run away .
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