He stole the key of the strong room from his mother and opened the door . Then he took the key back , but the hairy man escaped and went off into the world . Then the kings and princes began to arrive one after another , and all were most anxious to see the hairy man ; but he was gone ! The king nearly burst with rage and with the shame he felt . He questioned his wife sharply , and told her that if she could not find and bring back the hairy man he would put her in a hut made of rushes and burn her there . The queen declared she had had nothing to do with the matter ; if her son had happened to take the key it had not been with her knowledge . So they fetched the little prince and asked him all sorts of questions , and at last he owned that he had let the hairy man out . The king ordered his servants to take the boy into the forest and to kill him there , and to bring back part of his liver and lungs . There was grief all over the palace when the king 's command was known , for he was a great favourite . But there was no help for it , and they took the boy out into the forest . But the man was sorry for him , and shot a dog and carried pieces of his lungs and liver to the king , who was satisfied , and did not trouble himself any more . The prince wandered about in the forest and lived as best he could for five years . One day he came upon a poor little cottage in which was an old man . They began to talk , and the prince told his story and sad fate . Then they recognised each other , for the old fellow was no other than the hairy man whom the prince had set free , and who had lived ever since in the forest . The prince stayed here for two years ; then he wished to go further . The old man begged him hard to stay , but he would not , so his hairy friend gave him a golden apple out of which came a horse with a golden mane , and a golden staff with which to guide the horse . The old man also gave him a silver apple out of which came the most beautiful hussars and a silver staff ; and a copper apple from which he could draw as many foot soldiers as ever he wished , and a copper staff . He made the prince swear solemnly to take the greatest care of these presents , and then he let him go . The boy wandered on and on till he came to a large town .
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