ed
him for standing on guard the third nigh. So they agreed that they would
have each other, and love each other all their days.

With the first sunbeam the watch came and opened the church, and not
only was the colonel there, but the king in person, come to see what had
happened to the sentinel. He found them both sitting hand in hand on the
step in front of the altar, and immediately knew his daughter again,
and took her in his arms, thanking God and her deliverer. He made no
objections to what they had arranged, and so Christian the smith held
his wedding with the princess, and got half the kingdom at once, and the
whole of it when the king died.

As for the other sentries, with so many doors and windows open, no doubt
they had run away, and gone into the Prussian service. And as for what
Christian said he saw, he had been drinking more wine than was good for
him.

The Three Brothers

Translated from the German of the Brothers Grimm.

There was once a man who had three sons, and no other possessions
beyond the house in which he lived. Now the father loved his three sons
equally, so that he could not make up his mind which of them should have
the house after his death, because he did not wish to favour any one
more than the others. And he did not want to sell the house, because
it had belonged to his family for generations; otherwise he could have
divided the money equally amongst them. At last an idea struck him, and
he said to his sons: 'You must all go out into the world, and look about
you, and each learn a trade, and then, when you return, whoever can
produce the best masterpiece shall have the house.'

The sons were quite satisfied. The eldest wished to be a blacksmith, the
second a barber, and the third a fencing-master. They appointed a time
when they were to return home, and then they all set out.

It so happened that each found a good master, where he learnt all that
was necessary for his trade in the best possible way. The blacksmith had
to shoe the king's horses, and thought to himself, 'Without doubt the
house will be yours!' The barber shaved the best men in the kingdom,
and he, too, made sure that the house would be his. The fencing-master
received many a blow, but he set his teeth, and would not allow himself
to be troubled by them, for he thought to himself, 'If you are afraid of
a blow you will never get the house.'

When the appointed time had come the three brothers met once more,