United States or Bolivia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
'Well, said the old witch, 'we have got the bird's heart, but not the wishing-cloak yet, and that we must also get. 'Let us leave him that, said the young lady; 'he has already lost his wealth. Then the witch was very angry, and said, 'Such a cloak is a very rare and wonderful thing, and I must and will have it. So she did as the old woman told her, and set herself at the window, and looked about the country and seemed very sorrowful; then the huntsman said, 'What makes you so sad? 'Alas! dear sir, said she, 'yonder lies the granite rock where all the costly diamonds grow, and I want so much to go there, that whenever I think of it I cannot help being sorrowful, for who can reach it? only the birds and the flies man cannot. 'If that's all your grief, said the huntsman, 'I'll take there with all my heart'; so he drew her under his cloak, and the moment he wished to be on the granite mountain they were both there.
Take the cloak with you; it is a wishing-cloak, and when you throw it on your shoulders you have only to wish yourself at a certain place, and in the twinkling of an eye you are there. Take the heart out of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and early every morning when you get up you will find a gold piece under your pillow.
Carry away the cloak, it is a wishing-cloak; when you throw it over your shoulders, you only have to wish to be in a certain place, and you will be there in the twinkling of an eye. Take out the heart of the dead bird and swallow it whole, and every morning early, when you get up, you will find a gold piece under your pillow."
Your wishing-cloak is hanging in a cupboard, and as for the bird-heart I will make a drink and give it back to you. But he changed his mind, and said, 'Keep it; it makes no difference, for I will take you to be my own dear true wife. And the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happy together till death. Cabinet des Fees.
Shoot into the midst of them, and one will fall down dead: the cloak will fall too; take it, it is a wishing-cloak, and when you wear it you will find yourself at any place where you may wish to be. Cut open the dead bird, take out its heart and keep it, and you will find a piece of gold under your pillow every morning when you rise. It is the bird's heart that will bring you this good luck.
Thenceforward he found no more gold under his pillow, and it lay under the maiden's; but he was so much in love and so much bewitched that he thought of nothing except spending all his time with the maiden. Then the old witch said, 'We have the bird-heart, but we must also get the wishing-cloak from him. The maiden answered, 'We will leave him that; he has already lost his wealth!
Then the old witch said, "We have the bird's heart, but we must also take the wishing-cloak away from him." The girl answered, "We will leave him that, he has lost his wealth." The old woman was angry and said, "Such a mantle is a wonderful thing, and is seldom to be found in this world. I must and will have it!"
Your wishing-cloak hangs in a cupboard, and as for the bird's-heart I will take a vomiting potion." But he thought otherwise, and said, "Keep it; it is all the same, for I will take thee for my true wife." So the wedding was celebrated, and they lived happily together until their death. 123 The Old Woman in the Wood
Your wishing-cloak hangs up in the closet, and as for the bird's heart, I will give it you too. But he said, 'Keep it, it will be just the same thing, for I mean to make you my wife. So they were married, and lived together very happily till they died.
Word Of The Day