Then they went back to the maiden 's home , and grew to be very old , and lived happy all the days of their life . The White Dove From the Danish . A king had two sons . They were a pair of reckless fellows , who always had something foolish to do . One day they rowed out alone on the sea in a little boat . It was beautiful weather when they set out , but as soon as they had got some distance from the shore there arose a terrific storm . The oars went overboard at once , and the little boat was tossed about on the rolling billows like a nut-shell . The princes had to hold fast by the seats to keep from being thrown out of the boat . In the midst of all this they met a wonderful vessel -- it was a dough-trough , in which there sat an old woman . She called to them , and said that they could still get to shore alive if they would promise her the son that was next to come to their mother the queen . ` We ca n't do that , ' shouted the princes ; ` he does n't belong to us so we ca n't give him away . ' ` Then you can rot at the bottom of the sea , both of you , ' said the old woman ; ` and perhaps it may be the case that your mother would rather keep the two sons she has than the one she has n't got yet . ' Then she rowed away in her dough-trough , while the storm howled still louder than before , and the water dashed over their boat until it was almost sinking . Then the princes thought that there was something in what the old woman had said about their mother , and being , of course , eager to save their lives , they shouted to her , and promised that she should have their brother if she would deliver them from this danger . As soon as they had done so the storm ceased and the waves fell . The boat drove ashore below their father 's castle , and both princes were received with open arms by their father and mother , who had suffered great anxiety for them . The two brothers said nothing about what they had promised , neither at that time nor later on when the queen 's third son came , a beautiful boy , whom she loved more than anything else in the world . He was brought up and educated in his father 's house until he was full grown , and still his brothers had never seen or heard anything about the witch to whom they had promised him before he was born . It happened one evening that there arose a raging storm , with mist and darkness . It howled and roared around the king 's palace , and in the midst of it there came a loud knock on the door of the hall where the youngest prince was .
He went to the door and found there an old woman with a dough - trough on her back , who said to him that he must go with her at once ; his brothers had promised him to her XXXXX she would save their lives .
From In around by if like on so than to