A great rage took possession of his soul as he thought of the girl whom he had tried to ruin being after all so much better off than himself , and he vowed that he would work her ill . Therefore that very afternoon he made his way to the palace and asked to see the king . When he was admitted to his presence , he knelt down and touched the ground with his forehead , and the king bade him stand up and tell wherefore he had come . ` By the kindness of your heart have you been deceived , O king , ' said he . ` Your son has married a girl who has lost a hand . Do you know why she had lost it ? She was a witch , and has wedded three husbands , and each husband she has put to death with her arts . Then the people of the town cut off her hand , and turned her into the forest . And what I say is true , for her town is my town also . ' The king listened , and his face grew dark . Unluckily he had a hasty temper , and did not stop to reason , and , instead of sending to the town , and discovering people who knew his daughter-in-law and could have told him how hard she had worked and how poor she had been , he believed all the brother 's lying words , and made the queen believe them too . Together they took counsel what they should do , and in the end they decided that they also would put her out of the town . But this did not content the brother . ` Kill her , ' he said . ` It is no more than she deserves for daring to marry the king 's son . Then she can do no more hurt to anyone . ' ` We can not kill her , ' answered they ; ` if we did , our son would assuredly kill us . Let us do as the others did , and put her out of the town . And with this the envious brother was forced to be content . The poor girl loved her husband very much , but just then the baby was more to her than all else in the world , and as long as she had him with her , she did not very much mind anything .
So , taking her son on her arm , and hanging a little earthen pot for cooking round her neck , she left her house with its great peacock fans and slaves and seats of ivory , and plunged XXXXX the forest .
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