![]() Streets, a few peas did indeed fall out of her pocket, but they did not That night when he once again carried the sleeping princess through the If you are carried away again, they will fall out and leave a track on theĪs the king was thus speaking, the dwarf was invisibly standing nearby Fill your pocket with peas, then make a small hole in your pocket. "The dream could have been true," said the king. I had to serve as his maid and wait on him and do common work, sweep "I was carriedĪway through the streets as fast as lightning and taken to a soldier's Her father and told him that she had had an amazing dream. ![]() The next morning, after the king's daughter had gotten up, she went to The dwarf carried her to the royal palace and back to her bed. Resisting, silently, and with half-closed eyes. She did everything that he ordered her to do, without Threw them in her face, and she had to pick them up and clean them and "Get to work now! Go fetch theīroom and sweep the room." When she was finished he called her to hisĬhair, stuck his feet out at her, and said, "Pull off my boots," then If you are found out, it will not go well for you."Īt the strike of twelve the door opened, and the dwarf carried the The dwarf said, "That is an easy thing for me, but a dangerous thingįor you. "Late this evening, when the king's daughter is lying in bed, bring her When it wasįinished he summoned the black dwarf and said, "I served the king loyally,īut he sent me away to starve. Innkeeper to furnish his room as luxuriously as possible. The best inn and had beautiful clothes made for himself. The soldier returned to the city from which he had come. With the blue light, and I will be with you." With that he disappeared "It is only necessary," said the dwarf, "for you to light your pipe "Nothing at the moment," answered the soldier. And not long after that the dwarf was back. Not long afterward she came riding by on a tomcat as fast as the windĪnd screaming horribly. When he wasĪbove ground, he said to the dwarf, "Now go and bind the old witch and There, and the soldier took as much gold as he could carry. Way he showed him the treasures that the witch had collected and hidden Passage, and he did not forget to take the blue light with him. The dwarf took him by the hand and led him through an underground "Good," said the soldier, "then first help me out of this well." "I must do everything that you demand," said the dwarf." "Why should I command you?" replied the bewildered soldier. Thought, pulled it out, lit it with the blue light, and began toĪfter the fumes had wafted about the cavern, suddenly there stoodīefore him a little black dwarf, who said, "Master, what do you Then he happened to reach into his pocket and found his tobacco Saw that would not be able to escape death. The blue light continued to burn, but how could that help him? He The poor soldier fell to the damp floor without being Then the witch became furious, let him fall back into the well, and "No," he said, sensing herĮvil thoughts, "I shall not give you the light until I am standing on the She wanted to take the blue light from him. And she did pull him up, but when he was close to the edge, He found the blue light and gave a sign that she should pull The next day the old woman led him to the well and lowered him down it Behind my house there is a dry well into which my light hasįallen. "Tomorrow I have only a small taskįor you. ![]() The soldier took the entire day to do this, and that evening the witch Will cut up and split a stack of wood for me." I will take you in for one more night if tomorrow you "I see," said the witch, "that you can do The soldier agreed, and the next day he worked with all his might, butĬould not finish before evening. Will have pity and take you in after all, if you will do what I ask of "Who gives anything to a runaway soldier? But I "Give me a night's shelter and a little to eat andĭrink," he said to her, "otherwise I will perish." He approached it and came to a little house, Walked the whole day long, until he came to a forest in the evening. There will be no more moneyįor you, because wages are only for those who earn them."īecause the soldier did not know how he could earn a living, he sadly Serve because of the many wounds he had received, the king said to him, When the war was over and the soldier could no longer Once upon a time there was a soldier who had served the king loyallyįor many long years. Library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology. The Tinderbox (Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen).The Transverse Flute (Germany, Carl and Theodor Colshorn).The Giants and the Tinderbox (Germany, Heinrich Pröhle).The Soldier and the Tinderbox (Germany, Wilhelm Busch).The Three Dogs (Germany, Georg Schambach and.The Deserter with the Tinderbox (Austria, J.The Blue Light (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm.Folktales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type 562
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