In the evening , when they all returned from the battle , there he was , sitting in the road , making clay dolls . On the third day the same thing happened , and this time he asked for the king 's nose as the reward of his aid . Now , to lose one 's nose , is worse even than losing one 's ear or one 's finger , and the king hesitated as to whether he should comply . However , he had always prided himself on being an honourable man , so he cut off his nose , and handed it to Paperarello . Paperarello bowed , put the nose in his surcoat , and rode away . In the evening , when the king returned from the battle , he found Paperarello sitting in the road making clay dolls . And Paperarello got up and said to him : ` Do you know who I am ? I am your dirty goose-boy , yet you have given me your finger , and your ear , and your nose . ' That night , when the king sat at dinner , Paperarello came in , and laying down the ear , and the nose , and the finger on the table , turned and said to the nobles and courtiers who were waiting on the king : ' I am the invincible knight , who rode three times to your help , and I also am a king 's son , and no goose-boy as you all think . ' And he went away and washed himself , and dressed himself in fine clothes and entered the hall again , looking so handsome that the proud princess fell in love with him on the spot . But Paperarello took no notice of her , and said to the king : ` It was kind of you to offer me your daughter in marriage , and for that I thank you ; but I have a wife at home whom I love better , and it is to her that I am going . But as a token of farewell , I wish that your ear , and nose , and finger may be restored to their proper places . ' So saying , he bade them all goodbye , and went back to his home and his fairy bride , with whom he lived happily till the end of his life . -LSB- From Sicilianisohen Mahrchen . -RSB- The Gifts Of The Magician Once upon a time there was an old man who lived in a little hut in the middle of a forest . His wife was dead , and he had only one son , whom he loved dearly . Near their hut was a group of birch trees , in which some black-game had made their nests , and the youth had often begged his father 's permission to shoot the birds , but the old man always strictly forbade him to do anything of the kind . One day , however , when the father had gone to a little distance to collect some sticks for the fire , the boy fetched his bow , and shot at a bird that was just flying towards its nest . But he had not taken proper aim , and the bird was only wounded , and fluttered along the ground . The boy ran to catch it , but though he ran very fast , and the bird seemed to flutter along very slowly , he never could quite come up with it ; it was always just a little in advance .
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