` Let him go back to the land whence he came , ' he shouted in wrath ; ` does he expect me to give my daughter to an exile ? ' And he began to smash the drinking vessels in his fury ; indeed , he quite frightened the young man , who ran hastily home to his friends , and told the youth what the king had said . Now the princess , who was leaning from her window , heard his words and bade the messenger go back to the king her father and tell him that she had sworn a vow never to eat or drink again if the youth was taken from her . The king was more angry than ever when he received this message , and ordered his guards to go at once to the palace and put the successful wooer to death ; but the princess threw herself between him and his murderers . ` Lay a finger on him , and I shall be dead before sunset , ' said she ; and as they saw that she meant it , they left the palace , and carried the tale to her father . By this time the king 's anger was dying away , and he began to consider what his people would think of him if he broke the promise he had publicly given . So he ordered the princess to be brought before him , and the young man also , and when they entered the throne room he was so pleased with the noble air of the victor that his wrath quite melted away , and he ran to him and embraced him . ` Tell me who you are ? ' he asked , when he had recovered himself a little , ` for I will never believe that you have not royal blood in your veins . ' But the prince still had his reasons for being silent , and only told the same story . However , the king had taken such a fancy to the youth that he said no more , and the marriage took place the following day , and great herds of cattle and a large estate were given to the young couple . After a little while the prince said to his wife : ` My life is in the hands of three creatures -- a crocodile , a serpent , and a dog . ' ` Ah , how rash you are ! ' cried the princess , throwing her arms round his neck . ` If you know that , how can you have that horrid beast about you ? I will give orders to have him killed at once . ' But the prince would not listen to her . ` Kill my dear little dog , who had been my playfellow since he was a puppy ? ' exclaimed he . ` Oh , never would I allow that . '
And all XXXXX the princess could get from him was that he would always wear a sword , and have somebody with him when he left the palace .
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