` Tell the fox and the squirrel that they are to go with you , and fetch me back the prince 's sword , ' ordered he . The three servants set out at once , one seated on the back of the others , the ape , who disliked walking , being generally on top . Directly they came to the window of the robber captain 's room , the monkey sprang from the backs of the fox and the squirrel , and climbed in . The room was empty , and the sword hanging from a nail . He took it down , and buckling it round his waist , as he had seen the prince do , swung himself down again , and mounting on the backs of his two companions , hastened to his master . The giant bade him give the sword to the prince , who girded himself with it , and returned with all speed to the castle . ` Come out , you rascal ! come out , you villain ! ' cried he , ` and answer to me for the wrong you have done . I will show you who is the master in this house ! ' The noise he made brought the robber into the room . He glanced up to where the sword usually hung , but it was gone ; and instinctively he looked at the prince 's hand , where he saw it gleaming brightly . In his turn he fell on his knees to beg for mercy , but it was too late . As he had done to the prince , so the prince did to him , and , blinded , he was thrust forth , and fell down a deep hole , where he is to this day . His mother the prince sent back to her father , and never would see her again . After this he returned to the giant , and said to him : ` My friend , add one more kindness to those you have already heaped on me . Give me your daughter as my wife . ' So they were married , and the wedding feast was so splendid that there was not a kingdom in the world that did not hear of it . And the prince never went back to his father 's throne , but lived peacefully with his wife in the forest , where , if they are not dead , they are living still . -LSB- From Ungarische Volksmarchen . -RSB-
The Treasure Seeker Once , long ago , in a little town that lay in the midst of high hills and wild forests , a party XXXXX shepherds sat one night in the kitchen of the inn talking over old times , and telling of the strange things that had befallen them in their youth .
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