bring them both to me. And bring me also the golden cushion.'

[Footnote 6: Ein Mohr.]

[Illustration: The Fisherman Brings the Crab on the Golden Cushion]

The old man went and did his errand. When he had brought the precious
robes, the Crab put on the golden garment and then crept upon the
golden cushion, and in this way the fisherman carried him to the
castle, where the Crab presented the other garment to his bride. Now
the ceremony took place, and when the married pair were alone together
the Crab made himself known to his young wife, and told her how he was
the son of the greatest king in the world, and how he was enchanted,
so that he became a crab by day and was a man only at night; and he
could also change himself into an eagle as often as he wished. No
sooner had he said this than he shook himself, and immediately became
a handsome youth, but the next morning he was forced to creep back
again into his crab-shell. And the same thing happened every day. But
the Princess's affection for the Crab, and the polite attention with
which she behaved to him, surprised the royal family very much. They
suspected some secret, but though they spied and spied, they could not
discover it. Thus a year passed away, and the Princess had a son, whom
she called Benjamin. But her mother still thought the whole matter
very strange. At last she said to the King that he ought to ask his
daughter whether she would not like to have another husband instead of
the Crab? But when the daughter was questioned she only answered:

'I am married to the Crab, and him only will I have.'

Then the King said to her, 'I will appoint a tournament in your
honour, and I will invite all the princes in the world to it, and if
any one of them pleases you, you shall marry him.'

In the evening the Princess told this to the Crab, who said to her,
'Take this rod, go to the garden gate and knock with it, then a black
man will come out and say to you, "Why have you called me, and what do
you require of me?" Answer him thus: "Your master the King has sent me
hither to tell you to send him his golden armour and his steed and the
silver apple." And bring them to me.'

The Princess did so, and brought him what he desired.

The following evening the Prince dressed himself for the tournament.
Before he went he said to his wife, 'Now mind you do not say when you
see me that I am the Crab. For if you do this evil will come of it.
Place yourself at the window wi