This king must be super rich since he has a glass mountain built for the sole purpose of determining who's worthy of marrying his daughter.Once they cut a hole in the boot, it ends up being heaps and heaps of gold, which the two men split once the devil gives up his claim on the rich man's soul.On the third night, a soldier keeps him company, and they trick the devil into thinking that he can have the rich man's soul in exchange for as much gold as will fill the soldier's boot. When the rich man dies, the poor man hangs out at the graveyard each night.Instead, the rich man gives him a ton of grain in return for the poor man promising to keep watch over his grave for three nights, which seems like a fair exchange.Right then, a poor man comes to ask for aid, knowing that he'll likely be turned away.A rich farmer is surveying his wealth when he has an epiphany: he's been a greedy and cruel guy, and has never helped anyone, like, ever.Think about that the next time you're chowing down on popcorn.He removes the ears entirely from the stalks, but people plead with him until he decides that there will be one ear of corn at the top of each stalk.But people were foolish and ungrateful, so the Lord decides that they're not worthy of so much bounty.Back in the day, there would be like five hundred ears of corn on one stalk.They're married, and the previous bride gets to keep the magically beautiful dresses, so she feels compensated for the time she wasted on this guy.Finally he doesn't take it, and he hears her lamenting over how he had rescued her and how she wishes he'd been faithful to her.The princess uses magical dresses to buy her way into the youth's bedchamber each night, but the first two nights he's given a sleeping potion.When she goes to look for him, she finds out that his wedding to another maiden is about to be celebrated.But when he forgets her warning not to kiss his parents on the right cheek, his memory of the maiden vanishes. They end up tossing the witch into the fire, and the maiden and drummer depart.There, a witch doles out impossible tasks, and the maiden helps him with each of them.He promises to try to free her, and hatches a plan in which he tricks people into giving up their cool magic stuff to get him to the top of the glass mountain where the princess is imprisoned.A young drummer is walking and picks up a piece of fine linen, which, he learns from a disembodied voice, belongs to a bewitched princess.The thief then says goodbye to his parents and leaves the land, and that's all we hear of him.The thief accomplishes the tasks (such as stealing his wife's wedding ring while they sleep) with trickery and disguises.But if he fails, the lord will hang him since that's what he does to thieves. Just for kicks, the thief goes to the lord of the land and offers to complete three difficult tasks.A grown-up son who has become a master thief returns home to his aging parents.She can't find him because he's with her in the tower, so he wins the challenge and they are wed.The final time, the fox changes the youth into a little hamster, who's sold to the princess.Each time, the princess finds him, but gives him another chance.When the time comes to hide, each critter tucks the youth inside its body or transforms him into something tiny.The third brother, while out hunting, kindly agrees not to kill a raven, a fish, and a fox.Three brothers try, and the first two are promptly decapitated.She declares that anyone who wants to marry her must be able to conceal himself from her, but anyone who fails and is found will be beheaded.A princess has a tower from which she can see or find anything.Tale 191: The Little Hamster From the Water
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