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So they sent to the prince and said, 'Come quickly, and bury your wife. 'Bury her yourselves, he answered. 'What did she do it for? It was not by my orders that she impaled herself on the stake. So they buried her; and in the evening the prince came to the daughter of Buk Ettemsuch, and said to her, 'Speak to me, or I shall have to take another wife. But she was afraid to speak to him.
Next morning the prince came early to the garden, and found the ox busy with the waterwheel. 'Has the girl appeared yet? he asked. 'Not yet; but she will not be long. Hide yourself in the branches of that tree, and you will soon see her. The prince did as he was told, and scarcely was he seated when the maiden threw open the lattice. 'Good morning, O daughter of Buk Ettemsuch! said the ox.
And the pitcher burst into tears, and ran to the maiden, and said: 'Mistress, beat the water-jug, for he has broken my spout! 'By the head of Buk Ettemsuch, I implore you not to beat me! 'Ah, she replied, 'if only my husband had sworn by that oath, I could have spoken to him from the beginning, and he need never have taken another wife.
A table was quickly prepared, and the prince had already taken his place, when he suddenly exclaimed, 'After all, Buk Ettemsuch, suppose you come to supper with me? 'Where? asked the ogre. 'In my house. I know it is all ready. 'But it is so far off why not stay here? 'Oh, I will come another day; but this evening I must be your host.
And she did so; and lived ever after with her daughter in happiness and content. The Daughter Of Buk Ettemsuch Once upon a time there lived a man who had seven daughters.
But before he let her go the ogre called her to him, and said, 'Be careful, girl, never to speak to the prince; and when he speaks to you, you must be dumb, unless he swears "by the head of Buk Ettemsuch." Then you may speak. 'Very well, answered the girl.
But now he will never say it, and he will have to go on marrying fresh ones. And the prince, from his hiding-place, heard her words, and he jumped up and ran to her and said, 'By the head of Buk Ettemsuch, speak to me. So she spoke to him, and they lived happily to the end of their days, because the girl kept the promise she had made to the ogre. Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Fox
All day she wept, and when the ogre came home at night, no supper was ready for him. 'What are you crying for? said he. 'Where is my supper, and is it you who have opened the upper chamber? 'Yes, I opened it, answered she. 'And what did the ox say to you? 'He said, "Good morning, O daughter of Buk Ettemsuch.
Now when the new wife was brought to the palace the daughter of Buk Ettemsuch rose, and spoke to the ladies who had come to attend on the second bride. 'Go and sit down. I will make ready the feast. And the ladies sat down as they were told, and waited. The maiden sat down too, and called out, 'Come here, firewood, and the firewood came. 'Come here, fire, and the fire came and kindled the wood.
The next morning the girl heard the noise of the waterwheel, and she opened the lattice and looked out of the window. 'Good morning, O daughter of Buk Ettemsuch! said the new ox. 'Your father is feeding you up till you are nice and fat, and then he will put you on a spit and cook you. And the maiden answered: 'My father is feeding me up till I am nice and fat, but he does not mean to eat me.
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