The Princess with the long nose began to wash as well as she could , but , the more she washed and rubbed , the larger the spots grew . `` Ah ! you ca n't wash at all , '' said the old troll-hag , who was her mother . `` Give it to me . '' But she too had not had the shirt very long in her hands before it looked worse still , and , the more she washed it and rubbed it , the larger and blacker grew the spots . So the other trolls had to come and wash , but , the more they did , the blacker and uglier grew the shirt , until at length it was as black as if it had been up the chimney . `` Oh , '' cried the Prince , `` not one of you is good for anything at all ! There is a beggar-girl sitting outside the window , and I 'll be bound that she can wash better than any of you ! Come in , you girl there ! '' he cried . So she came in . `` Can you wash this shirt clean ? '' he cried . `` Oh ! I do n't know , '' she said ; `` but I will try . '' And no sooner had she taken the shirt and dipped it in the water than it was white as driven snow , and even whiter than that . `` I will marry you , '' said the Prince . Then the old troll-hag flew into such a rage that she burst , and the Princess with the long nose and all the little trolls must have burst too , for they have never been heard of since . The Prince and his bride set free all the Christian folk who were imprisoned there , and took away with them all the gold and silver that they could carry , and moved far away from the castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Asbjornsen and Moe .
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