He had lived free and would die free, and anxiously flying hither and thither, he cried, "Where shall I go?
" Then the judge sent the executioner's men thither, and they found it was as the apprentices said, and when they had informed the judge of this, he caused the innkeeper to be led up, and his head was cut off.
That suited the wolf, and they went thither, and the fox stole the little lamb, took it to the wolf, and went away.
" cried the miller, and went thither, and found the roast meat.
" The rogues went thither, dug and found pure gold.
And when he was asleep, the second brother came also, guided thither by his guardian angel, and he was rocked to sleep like the first, and thus came the others, one after the other, until all twelve lay there sleeping in the golden cradles.
The shuttle leapt hither and thither, and everything seemed to grow of its own accord.
Gradually the pond was emptied, and when the maiden awokebefore sunset and came thither, she saw nothing but the fishes which were struggling in the mud.
Even the relatives, who had come thither to wish them joy, did not know what to say.
How soon you would bound up thither.
The boy ran thither and said, "Give me my ball out.
The king, however, wanted to see it for himself, and next evening went thither, and when the duck thrust her head in through the gutter, he took his sword and cut through her neck, and suddenly she changed into a most beautiful maiden, exactly like the picture, which her brother had made of her.
When the father perceived that all hope was over, with a heavy heart he said to him, "Go thither, and try your luck, for I know no other means of curing you.
" "Then I will try my art," said the thief, and he crept thither and stole her away from under the dragon, so quietly and dexterously, that the monster never noticed it, but went on snoring.
So she was taken thither and she also had to scrape for four-and-twenty hours.
" Then the boy went thither, but no castle was to be seen, or heard of.
" At twelve o'clock at night, the dragon came flying thither, and asked for his dinner.
He had a fresh and joyous heart, and as he was going thither, whistling upon a leaf, an ugly old crone came up, who spoke to him and said, "Good-day, dear huntsman, truly you are merry and contented, but I am suffering from hunger and thirst, do give me an alms.
" His comrade ran thither and brought him what he wanted.
One morning, when the husband was sitting on the table before the window, his wife brought him his coffee, and when he had poured it out into the saucer, and was just going to drink, the sun shone on it and the reflection gleamed hither and thither on the wall above, and made circles on it.
