said she . So they sailed onwards a long way farther . ` There may ` st thou see the King coming out to meet thee , ' said the brother , pointing to the sea-shore . ` What is my brother saying ? ' asked his sister again . ` Now he says that you are to make haste and throw yourself overboard , ' answered the step-mother . She wept and she wailed , but as her brother had said that , she thought she must do it ; so she leaped into the sea . But when they arrived at the palace , and the King beheld the ugly bride with a nose that was four ells long , a jaw that was three ells , and a forehead that had a bush in the middle of it , he was quite terrified ; but the wedding feast was all prepared , as regarded brewing and baking , and all the wedding guests were sitting waiting , so , ugly as she was , the King was forced to take her . But he was very wroth , and none can blame him for that ; so he caused the brother to be thrown into a pit full of snakes . On the first Thursday night after this , a beautiful maiden came into the kitchen of the palace , and begged the kitchen-maid , who slept there , to lend her a brush . She begged very prettily , and got it , and then she brushed her hair , and the gold dropped from it . A little dog was with her , and she said to it , ` Go out , Little Snow , and see if it will soon be day ! ' This she said thrice , and the third time that she sent out the dog to see , it was very near dawn . Then she was forced to depart , but as she went she said : ` Out on thee , ugly Bushy Bride , Sleeping so soft by the young King 's side , On sand and stones my bed I make , And my brother sleeps with the cold snake , Unpitied and unwept . ' I shall come twice more , and then never again , ' said she . In the morning the kitchen-maid related what she had seen and heard , and the King said that next Thursday night he himself would watch in the kitchen and see if this were true , and when it had begun to grow dark he went out into the kitchen to the girl . But though he rubbed his eyes and did everything he could to keep himself awake it was all in vain , for the Bushy Bride crooned and sang till his eyes were fast closed , and when the beautiful young maiden came he was sound asleep and snoring . This time also , as before , she borrowed a brush and brushed her hair with it , and the gold dropped down as she did it ; and again she sent the dog out three times , and when day dawned she departed , but as she was going she said as she had said before , ' I shall come once more , and then never again . ' On the third Thursday night the King once more insisted on keeping watch . Then he set two men to hold him ; each of them was to take an arm , and shake him and jerk him by the arm whenever he seemed to be going to fall asleep ; and he set two men to watch his Bushy Bride .
But XXXXX the night wore on the Bushy Bride again began to croon and to sing , so that his eyes began to close and his head to droop on one side .
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