her foot and screamed:

'I am not contented, and I shall not be contented! Will you go?'

So he hurried on his clothes as fast as possible, and ran away as if he
were mad.

But the storm was raging so fiercely that he could scarcely stand.
Houses and trees were being blown down, the mountains were being shaken,
and pieces of rock were rolling in the sea. The sky was as black as ink,
it was thundering and lightening, and the sea was tossing in great waves
as high as church towers and mountains, and each had a white crest of
foam.

So he shouted, not able to hear his own voice:

'Once a prince, but changed you be Into a flounder in the sea. Come! for
my wife, Ilsebel, Wishes what I dare not tell.'

'Well, what does she want now?' asked the flounder.

'Alas!' said he, 'she wants to be a god.'

'Go home, then; she is sitting again in the hut.'

And there they are sitting to this day.

Grimm.

THE THREE MUSICIANS

Once upon a time three musicians left their home and set out on their
travels. They had all learnt music from the same master, and they
determined to stick together and to seek their fortune in foreign lands.
They wandered merrily from place to place and made quite a good living,
and were much appreciated by everyone who heard them play. One evening
they came to a village where they delighted all the company with their
beautiful music. At last they ceased playing, and began to eat and drink
and listen to the talk that was going on around them. They heard all
the gossip of the place, and many wonderful things were related
and discussed. At last the conversation fell on a castle in the
neighbourhood, about which many strange and marvellous things were told.
One person said that hidden treasure was to be found there; another that
the richest food was always to be had there, although the castle was
uninhabited; and a third, that an evil spirit dwelt within the walls, so
terrible, that anyone who forced his way into the castle came out of it
more dead than alive.

As soon as the three musicians were alone in their bedroom they agreed
to go and examine the mysterious castle, and, if possible, to find
and carry away the hidden treasure. They determined, too, to make the
attempt separately, one after the other, according to age, and they
settled that a whole day was to be given to each adventurer in which to
try his luck.

The fiddler was the first to set out on his adventures, and did so in