So Minnikin called for the third time , and with all his might , and there stood his brother by his side . ' I told you that you were not to call me unless you were in the utmost need , ' he said to Minnikin , ` and there is not even so much as a midge here who can do you any harm ! ' and with that he gave Minnikin such a blow that he rolled over on the grass . ` Shame on you to strike me ! ' said Minnikin . ` First have I won one Princess and half the kingdom , and then the other Princess and the other half of the kingdom ; and now , when I was just thinking that I would give you one of the Princesses and one of the halves of the kingdom , do you think you have any reason to give me such a blow ? ' When King Pippin heard that he begged his brother 's pardon , and they were reconciled at once and became good friends . ` Now , as you know , ' said Minnikin , ` we are so like each other that no one can tell one of us from the other ; so just change clothes with me and go up to the palace , and then the Princesses will think that I am coming in , and the one who kisses you first shall be yours , and I will have the other . ' For he knew that the elder Princess was the stronger , so he could very well guess how things would go . King Pippin at once agreed to this . He changed clothes with his brother , and went into the palace . When he entered the Princess 's apartments they believed that he was Minnikin , and both of them ran up to him at once ; but the elder , who was bigger and stronger , pushed her sister aside , and threw her arms round King Pippin 's neck and kissed him ; so he got her to wife , and Minnikin the younger sister . It will be easy to understand that two weddings took place , and they were so magnificent that they were heard of and talked about all over seven kingdoms . -LRB- 27 -RRB- -LRB- 27 -RRB- From J. Moe . BUSHY BRIDE THERE was once on a time a widower who had a son and a daughter by his first wife . They were both good children , and loved each other with all their hearts . After some time had gone by the man married again , and he chose a widow with one daughter who was ugly and wicked , and her mother was ugly and wicked too . From the very day that the new wife came into the house there was no peace for the man 's children , and not a corner to be found where they could get any rest ; so the boy thought that the best thing he could do was to go out into the world and try to earn his own bread . When he had roamed about for some time he came to the King 's palace , where he obtained a place under the coachman ; and very brisk and active he was , and the horses that he looked after were so fat and sleek , that they shone again . But his sister , who was still at home , fared worse and worse .
Both her step-mother and her step-sister were always finding fault XXXXX her , whatsoever she did and whithersoever she went , and they scolded her and abused her so that she never had an hour 's peace .
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