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Updated: May 1, 2025
'Oh, tell us, if you know, my good woman, entreated Bensurdatu, 'for with them lies all our happiness. 'Even if I were to tell you, answered she, 'you could not rescue them.
And the heart of the princess leapt within her, and she placed a golden crown on the head of Bensurdatu, and called him her deliverer. 'Now show me where your sisters are, he said, 'that I may free them also. So the princess opened a door, and led him into another hall, wherein sat her next sister, guarded by a giant who was fast asleep.
Flinging down his sword he rushed to the princess and broke her chains, and she wept for joy, and embraced him, and took the golden crown from off her head, and placed it in his hand. 'Now we must go back to the upper world, said Bensurdatu, and led her to the bottom of the river. The other princesses were waiting there, and he tied the rope round the eldest, and rung his bell.
'Why, how in the world could any man get down here? replied she; 'you had better go to sleep again. So he turned over and went to sleep. Then the princess signed to Bensurdatu, who drew his sword and cut off the giant's head with such a blow that it flew into the corner.
'And if they should ask you about Bensurdatu, you must say you have never seen him, they added; and the princesses, fearing for their lives, promised everything, and they rode back to court together. The king and queen were beside themselves with joy when they saw their dear children once more.
The king and queen had their hearts stirred within them at the tale of his adventures, and when he had ended the king stretched out his hand, and said: 'Dear Bensurdatu, my youngest daughter shall indeed be your wife; and when I die my crown shall be yours. As for the men who have betrayed you, they shall leave the country and you shall see them no more.
'Oh! have pity on us, and give us a night's shelter, replied Bensurdatu; 'we are three tired travellers who have lost our way. Then the door was opened by a very old woman who stood back, and beckoned them to enter. 'Whence do you come, and whither do you go? said she.
But Bensurdatu said again: 'Let me now go, your majesty; trust me, and I will bring you back your daughters. Then the king gave way, and Bensurdatu set forth, and rode on till he came to the inn, where he dismounted and asked for food. It was brought by the two generals, whom he knew at once in spite of their miserable clothes, and, much astonished, asked them how in the world they came there.
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