when the princess heard the bear growling so fiercely during the night, she believed nothing else but that he was growling for joy, and had made an end of the tailor. in the morning she arose careless and happy, but when she peeped into the stable, the tailor stood gaily before her, and was as healthy as a fish in water. now she could not say another word against the wedding because she had given a promise before every one, and the king ordered a carriage to be brought in which she was to drive to church with the tailor, and there she was to be married. when they had got into the carriage, the two other tailors, who had false hearts and envied him his good fortune, went into the stable and unscrewed the bear again. the bear in great fury ran after the carriage. the princess heard him snorting and growling; she was terrified, and she cried, "ah, the bear is behind us and wants to get thee!" the tailor was quick and stood on his head, stuck his legs out of the window, and cried, "dost thou see the vise? if thou dost not be off thou shalt be put into it again." when the bear saw that, he turned round and ran away. the tailor drove quietly to church, and the princess was married to him at once, and he lived with her as happy as a woodlark. whosoever does not believe this, must pay a thaler.