e boy took his sister's hand, and said to her, "Dear little sister, since our mother died we have not had one happy hour. Our stepmother gives us dry hard crusts for dinner and supp

ear mother knew! Come, let u

forest; it began to rain, and the little sister said, "See, brother, heaven and our hearts weep together." At last, tired ou

hone brightly into the hollow tree, so they left their

tream." He stopped to listen, and said, "Stay, I think I hear a running st

like a snake, had bewitched all the springs and streams in the forest. The pleasant trickling of a brook over the pebbles was hea

of me, a tiger

, stay! do not drink, or you will beco

d said, "Dear sister, I will wait till we come to a spring." So they wandered

of me, a w

nk of this brook; you will be ch

wait; but he said, "At the next stream I must d

g clear and bright; but here also in its m

es to dr

o a stag

dy knelt by the stream to drink, and as the first drop of water touched his lips he beca

never leave you." So she untied her little golden garter and fastened it round the neck of the fawn; then she gathered some soft green rush

er was overjoyed, for she thought it would form a nice shelter for them both. So she led th

food, and sweet fresh grass for the fawn, which he ate out of her hand, and the p

on which she could sleep peacefully. Had this dear brother only kept his own proper form, how happy they would have been together! After they had been alone in the forest for

f the huntsmen, resounded through the forest, and were h

hunt; I cannot restrain myself." And he begged

ose huntsmen, so when you come back in the evening, and knock, I s

ng to listen, for it was so delightful for h

d started off in chase of him; but it was no easy matter to overtake such rapid footstep

, and cried, "Dear little sister, let me in." The door was instantly opened, an

rest; and when the fawn heard the holloa, he could not r

go this time; but pray do not forget to say w

ul fawn with the golden collar, pointed it ou

for them to catch, till a shot wounded him slightly in the foot, so that he was oblig

up to a door and knock, and to hear him say, "Dear little sister, let me in." The door was only opened a little way, and quickl

to-morrow," said the king,

eding. She quickly washed off the blood, and, after bathing the wound, placed healing herbs on it

rd the holloa of the hunters, he could not rest. "Oh, dear sister, I must go once more; it will be easy for me to avoid the

"If they kill you, dear fawn, I shall be here a

e said, "if I remain here lis

avy heart, set him free, and he bo

ut don't hurt him." So they hunted him all day, but at the approach of sunset the king said

d went on alone so quickly that he arrived there before the fawn; and, going u

ful than he had ever seen in his life standing before him. But how frightened she felt to s

tle talk he held out his hand to her, and said, "Wi

willingly; but I cannot leave my dear f

you live," replied the king, "and I

his sister fastened the string of rushes to his collar, took it in her hand, and led hi

heir side. Soon after, their marriage was celebrated with great splendour, and the fawn was taken the g

r had been devoured by wild beasts, and that the fawn had been hunted to death. Therefore when she heard of their

n had a little baby, and one of them pretended to be a nur

te her, and the old woman put her own ugly daughter in t

speak to her, but pretended th

old woman had locked her up, but she did not go far, as

e to her ugly daughter, whom she tried to make the king believe was his wife, had said that the queen was too weak to see him, and never left her room. "There cannot be two queens," said the king to himself, "

the spell was broken. The queen told the king how cruelly she had been treated by her stepmother, and on hearing this he became very angry, and had the

the queen's brother in the form of a stag was broken; he recovered his

ster lived happily and peacefu