said the King to Cinderlad . ' I have done my best , ' replied Cinderlad . ` Then thou canst tell me what my seven foals eat and drink ? ' asked the King . So Cinderlad pulled out the consecrated bread and the flask of wine , and showed them to the King . ` Here may you behold their meat , and here their drink , ' said he . ` Yes , diligently and faithfully hast thou watched , ' said the King , ` and thou shalt have the Princess and half the kingdom . ' So all was made ready for the wedding , and the King said that it was to be so stately and magnificent that everyone should hear of it , and everyone inquire about it . But when they sat down to the marriage-feast , the bridegroom arose and went down to the stable , for he said that he had forgotten something which he must go and look to . When he got there , he did what the foals had bidden him , and cut off the heads of all the seven . First the eldest , and then the second , and so on according to their age , and he was extremely careful to lay each head at the tail of the foal to which it had belonged , and when that was done , all the foals became princes again . When he returned to the marriage-feast with the seven princes , the King was so joyful that he both kissed Cinderlad and clapped him on the back , and his bride was still more delighted with him than she had been before . ` Half my kingdom is thine already , ' said the King , ` and the other half shall be thine after my death , for my sons can get countries and kingdoms for themselves now that they have become princes again . ' Therefore , as all may well believe , there was joy and merriment at that wedding . -LRB- 31 -RRB- -LRB- 31 -RRB- From J. Moe . THE MARVELLOUS MUSICIAN THERE was once upon a time a marvellous musician . One day he was wandering through a wood all by himself , thinking now of one thing , now of another , till there was nothing else left to think about . Then he said to himself : ` Time hangs very heavily on my hands when I 'm all alone in the wood . I must try and find a pleasant companion . ' So he took his fiddle out , and fiddled till he woke the echoes round .
After a time a wolf came XXXXX the thicket and trotted up to the musician .
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