The cook, however, thought to himself, "If the child has the power ofwishing, and I am here, he might very easily get me into trouble." So heleft the palace and went to the boy, who was already big enough to speak,and said to him, "Wish for a beautiful palace for thyself with a garden,and all else that pertains to it." Scarcely were the words out of theboy's mouth, when everything was there that he had wished for. Aftera while the cook said to him, "It is not well for thee to be so alone,wish for a pretty girl as a companion." Then the King's son wished forone, and she immediately stood before him, and was more beautiful thanany painter could have painted her. The two played together, and lovedeach other with all their hearts, and the old cook went out hunting likea nobleman. The thought, however, occurred to him that the King's sonmight some day wish to be with his father, and thus bring him into greatperil. So he went out and took the maiden aside, and said, "To-nightwhen the boy is asleep, go to his bed and plunge this knife into hisheart, and bring me his heart and tongue, and if thou dost not do it,thou shalt lose thy life." Thereupon he went away, and when he returnednext day she had not done it, and said, "Why should I shed the blood ofan innocent boy who has never harmed any one?" The cook once more said,"If thou dost not do it, it shall cost thee thy own life." When he hadgone away, she had a little hind brought to her, and ordered her to bekilled, and took her heart and tongue, and laid them on a plate, and whenshe saw the old man coming, she said to the boy, "Lie down in thy bed,and draw the clothes over thee." Then the wicked wretch came in and said,"Where are the boy's heart and tongue?" The girl reached the plate tohim, but the King's son threw off the quilt, and said, "Thou old sinner,why didst thou want to kill me? Now will I pronounce thy sentence. Thoushalt become a black poodle and have a gold collar round thy neck, andshalt eat burning coals, till the flames burst forth from thy throat." Andwhen he had spoken these words, the old man was changed into a poodle dog,and had a gold collar round his neck, and the cooks were ordered to bringup some live coals, and these he ate, until the flames broke forth fromhis throat. The King's son remained there a short while longer, and hethought of his mother, and wondered if she were still alive. At lengthhe said to the maiden, "I will go home to my own country; if thou wiltgo with me, I will provide for thee." "Ah," she replied, "the way isso long, and what shall I do in a strange land where I am unknown?" Asshe did not seem quite willing, and as they could not be parted fromeach other, he wished that she might be changed into a beautiful pink,and took her with him. Then he went away to his own country, and thepoodle had to run after him. He went to the tower in which his motherwas confined, and as it was so high, he wished for a ladder which wouldreach up to the very top. Then he mounted up and looked inside, and cried,"Beloved mother, Lady Queen, are you still alive, or are you dead?" Sheanswered, "I have just eaten, and am still satisfied," for she thoughtthe angels were there. Said he, "I am your dear son, whom the wild beastswere said to have torn from your arms; but I am alive still, and willspeedily deliver you." Then he descended again, and went to his father,and caused himself to be announced as a strange huntsman, and asked ifhe could give him a place. The King said yes, if he was skilful and couldget game for him, he should come to him, but that deer had never taken uptheir quarters in any part of the district or country. Then the huntsmanpromised to procure as much game for him as he could possibly use at theroyal table. So he summoned all the huntsmen together, and bade them goout into the forest with him. And he went with them and made them forma great circle, open at one end where he stationed himself, and began towish. Two hundred deer and more came running inside the circle at once,and the huntsmen shot them. Then they were all placed on sixty countrycarts, and driven home to the King, and for once he was able to deckhis table with game, after having had none at all for years.
Now the King felt great joy at this, and commanded that his entirehousehold should eat with him next day, and made a great feast. When theywere all assembled together, he said to the huntsmen, "As thou art soclever, thou shalt sit by me." He replied, "Lord King, your majesty mustexcuse me, I am a poor huntsman." But the King insisted on it, and said,"Thou shalt sit by me," until he did it. Whilst he was sitting there,he thought of his dearest mother, and wished that one of the King'sprincipal servants would begin to speak of her, and would ask how it wasfaring with the Queen in the tower, and if she were alive still, or hadperished. Hardly had he formed the wish than the marshal began, and said,"Your majesty, we live joyously here, but how is the Queen living inthe tower? Is she still alive, or has she died?" But the King replied,"She let my dear son be torn to pieces by wild beasts; I will not haveher named." Then the huntsman arose and said, "Gracious lord father,she is alive still, and I am her son, and I was not carried away bywild beasts, but by that wretch the old cook, who tore me from herarms when she was asleep, and sprinkled her apron with the blood of achicken." Thereupon he took the dog with the golden collar, and said,"That is the wretch!" and caused live coals to be brought, and thesethe dog was compelled to devour before the sight of all, until flamesburst forth from its throat. On this the huntsman asked the King if hewould like to see the dog in his true shape, and wished him back intothe form of the cook, in the which he stood immediately, with his whiteapron, and his knife by his side. When the King saw him he fell into apassion, and ordered him to be cast into the deepest dungeon. Then thehuntsman spoke further and said, "Father, will you see the maiden whobrought me up so tenderly and who was afterwards to murder me, but didnot do it, though her own life depended on it?" The King replied, "Yes,I would like to see her." The son said, "Most gracious father, I willshow her to you in the form of a beautiful flower," and he thrust hishand into his pocket and brought forth the pink, and placed it on theroyal table, and it was so beautiful that the King had never seen oneto equal it. Then the son said, "Now will I show her to you in her ownform," and wished that she might become a maiden, and she stood therelooking so beautiful that no painter could have made her look more so.
And the King sent two waiting-maids and two attendants into the tower,to fetch the Queen and bring her to the royal table. But when she wasled in she ate nothing, and said, "The gracious and merciful God whohas supported me in the tower, will speedily deliver me." She livedthree days more, and then died happily, and when she was buried, the twowhite doves which had brought her food to the tower, and were angels ofheaven, followed her body and seated themselves on her grave. The agedKing ordered the cook to be torn in four pieces, but grief consumed theKing's own heart, and he soon died. His son married the beautiful maidenwhom he had brought with him as a flower in his pocket, and whether theyare still alive or not, is known to God.
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