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Panting for breath she rushed into the house and fell fainting on the floor; but Eisenkopf entered behind her, and hid himself in the kitchen under the hearth. Not long after, Peter came in and picked up the three napkins which the maiden had dropped on the threshold.
When all is safe you will come back again, and we shall live as happily as two fish in the sea. And so it all happened. The young man found a pretty, brown-skinned girl who was willing to have him for a husband, and the whole village came to the wedding feast. The music was at its gayest, and the dance at its merriest, when Eisenkopf looked in at the window.
'You can call a hundred times if you like, returned Eisenkopf, 'for now I have got you in my power, and you shall pay for what you have done. 'Iron-strong, World's-weight, Quick-ear, fly to my help! cried Peter; and Quick-ear heard, and said to his brothers: 'Listen, our master is calling us.
'How did you come by all these? he gasped, as soon as he could speak; and the son told him the whole story, and of the promise he had given Eisenkopf. The next day some of the cattle were driven to market and sold, and with the money the old man was able to buy some of the fields and gardens round his house, and in a few months had grown the richest and most prosperous man in the whole village.
They bayed with joy at the sight of him, and as Peter turned to pat them, he beheld Eisenkopf at the edge of the fire, but the opening had closed up behind Peter, and he could not get through. 'Stop, you promise-breaker, shrieked he; 'you have slipped through my hands once, but wait till I catch you again! Then he lay down by the fire and watched to see what would happen.
By-and-by the story came to the king's ears, and he thought that a man who was so clever was just the man to govern the country; so he made him his minister, and after the king himself there was no one so great as he. Eisenkopf Once upon a time there lived an old man who had only one son, whom he loved dearly; but they were very poor, and often had scarcely enough to eat.
Everything seemed to turn to gold in his hands, till one day, when he and his son were sitting in the orchard watching their herds of cattle grazing in the meadows, he suddenly said: 'Peter, my boy, it is time that you were thinking of marrying. 'But, my dear father, I told you I can never marry, because of the promise I gave to Eisenkopf.
When Peter knew that he had nothing more to fear from Eisenkopf, he rode on slowly till he came to a small white house. Here he entered and found himself in a room where a gray-haired woman was spinning and a beautiful girl was sitting in the window combing her golden hair. 'What brings you here, my son? asked the old woman. 'I am seeking for a place, mother, answered Peter.
At the third blow she gave the flames divided, and Eisenkopf, who had been watching and hoping for a chance of this kind, ran down the opening and stood before her. At this sight the maiden was almost frightened to death, but with a great effort she recovered herself and ran home as fast as her legs would carry her, closely pursued by Eisenkopf.
'Oh, ho, my brother! what is going on here? It has the air of being a wedding feast. Yet I fancied was I mistaken? that you had given me a promise that you never would marry. But Peter had not waited for the end of this speech. Scarcely had he seen Eisenkopf than he darted like the wind to the stable and flung himself on the horse's back.
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