"No," said he, perceiving her evil intention, "I will not give you the light until I am standing with both feet upon the ground.
At length he chased the stag so far that they were quite out of the forest, and then suddenly a great tall man was standing there instead of the stag, and said, "It is well that I have you.
Then he went forth and left her lying asleep undisturbed, and when he came to the gate again, the giants were still standing outside waiting for him, and expecting that he was bringing the princess.
When he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it.
The mother, who was standing in the kitchen, heard the child talking to someone, and when she saw that she was striking a paddock with her spoon, ran out with a log of wood, and killed the good little creature.
Then he saw a peasant's waggon coming towards him, and a woman was standing upright in the middle of it, instead of sitting on the bundle of straw which was lying beside her, or walking near the oxen and leading them.
" "If it does not endanger my salvation," replied the soldier, who knew very well who was standing by him.
The soldier now took a good look on every side, the kettles were standing all round hell with a mighty fire below them, and inside they were boiling and sputtering.
There the old woman was still standing.
As he was standing there, his weariness all at once became so great that he could not struggle against it, and lay down for a short time, but he was determined not to go to sleep.
So he went away and came at length to a hill by which three giants were standing, disputing with each other because they did not know how to divide their father's property.
When he came to the barricade, the others were still standing there, not able to get through.
She was conducted upstairs, but the real princess was left standing below.
He gave chase over hedges and ditches for the whole day without feeling tired, but in the evening the stag vanished from his sight, and when the gold-child looked round him, he was standing before a little house, wherein sat a witch.
But the clever son answered, if I give you my cake and wine, I shall have none for myself, be off with you, and he left the little man standing and went on.
At length the three brothers arrived at a castle where stone horses were standing in the stables, and no human being was to be seen, and they went through all the halls until, quite at the end, they came to a door in which were three locks.
A little church stood at the top of it, and on the altar three full cups were standing, with the inscription.
He came to the two inns, and his brother was standing at the window of the one from which came the music, and called out to him.
It would have been all over with the poor girl if she had not just then been standing in a corner, and heard everything.
And had he not put down the horn and had blown just a little longer, everything would have been in ruins, and not one stone would have been left standing on another.
