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Then he gave Dullhead a ship which could sail on land or water, and when the King saw it he felt he could no longer refuse him his daughter. So they celebrated the wedding with great rejoicings; and after the King's death Dullhead succeeded to the kingdom, and lived happily with his wife for many years after. Grimm.
Just go your own way, will you? Not long after his punishment overtook him, for no sooner had he struck a couple of blows on a tree with his axe, than he cut his leg so badly that he had to be carried home. So then Dullhead said: 'Father, let me go out and cut wood. But his father answered: 'Both your brothers have injured themselves. You had better leave it alone; you know nothing about it.
But the man from the wood just took up his stand before the mountain and began to eat, and in one day it had all vanished. For the third time Dullhead asked for his bride, but again the King tried to make some evasion, and demanded a ship 'which could sail on land or water! When you come sailing in such a ship, said he, 'you shall have my daughter without further delay.
So the King had decreed that whoever should succeed in making her laugh should marry her. When Dullhead heard this he marched before the Princess with his goose and its appendages, and as soon as she saw these seven people continually running after each other she burst out laughing, and could not stop herself.
When he got to the forest, he too met the little grey old man, who greeted him and said: 'Give me a piece of your cake and a draught from your bottle; I am so hungry and thirsty. And Dullhead replied: 'I've only got a cinder-cake and some sour beer, but if you care to have that, let us sit down and eat.
Again Dullhead started off to the forest, and there he found the little old grey man with whom he had shared his cake, and who said: 'I have eaten and I have drunk for you, and now I will give you the ship. I have done all this for you because you were kind and merciful to me.
So they sat down, and when Dullhead brought out his cake he found it had turned into a fine rich cake, and the sour beer into excellent wine. Then they ate and drank, and when they had finished the little man said: 'Now I will bring you luck, because you have a kind heart and are willing to share what you have with others.
Then Dullhead claimed her as his bride, but the King, who did not much fancy him as a son-in-law, made all sorts of objections, and told him he must first find a man who could drink up a whole cellarful of wine.
I declare my stomach feels quite empty, and I must draw my belt tight if I'm not to die of starvation. Dullhead was delighted, and said: 'Get up and come with me, and you shall have plenty to eat, and he brought him to the King's Court. Now the King had given orders to have all the flour in his kingdom brought together, and to have a huge mountain baked of it.
The eldest thought to herself: 'No doubt I shall soon find a good opportunity to pluck out one of its feathers, and the first time Dullhead happened to leave the room she caught hold of the goose by its wing. But, lo and behold! her fingers seemed to stick fast to the goose, and she could not take her hand away.
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