At the same moment as he put his foot outside the church door , he saw standing before him a little man , who said , ` Good evening , Christian , where are you going ? ' With that he felt as if he were rooted to the spot and could not move . ` Nowhere , ' said he . ` Oh , yes , ' said the little man , ` You were just about to run away , but you have taken upon you to stand sentinel in the church to-night , and there you must stay . ' Christian said , very humbly , that he dared not , and therefore wanted to get away , and begged to be let go . ` No , ' said the little one , ` you must remain at your post , but I shall give you a piece of good advice ; you shall go up into the pulpit , and remain standing there . You need never mind what you see or hear , it will not be able to do you any harm , if you remain in your place until you hear the lid of the chest slam down again behind the dead ; then all danger is past , and you can go about the church , wherever you please . ' The little man then pushed him in at the door again , and locked it after him . Christian made haste to get up into the pulpit , and stood there , without noticing anything , until the clock struck twelve . Then the lid of the princess 's chest sprang up , and out of it there came something like the princess , dressed as you see in the picture . It shrieked and howled , ` Sentry , where are you ? Sentry , where are you ? If you do n't come , you shall get the most cruel death anyone had ever got . ' It went all round the church , and when it finally caught sight of the smith , up in the pulpit , it came rushing thither and mounted the steps . But it could not get up the whole way , and for all that it stretched and strained , it could not touch Christian , who meanwhile stood and trembled up in the pulpit . When the clock struck one , the appearance had to go back into the chest again , and Christian heard the lid slam after it . After this there was dead silence in the church . He lay down where he was and fell asleep , and did not awake before it was bright daylight , and he heard steps outside , and the noise of the key being put into the lock . Then he came down from the pulpit , and stood with his musket in front of the princess 's chest . It was the colonel himself who came with the patrol , and he was not a little surprised when he found the recruit safe and sound .
He wanted to have a report , but Christian would give him none , so he took him straight up XXXXX the king , and announced for the first time that here was the sentinel who had stood guard in the church over-night .
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