She emptied his pitcher and ran on . Everything now would have been lost , if by good luck the hunter had not been standing on the castle tower and had seen everything with his sharp eyes . ` Ah , ' said he , ` the King 's daughter shall not overreach us ; ' and , loading his gun , he shot so cleverly , that he shot away the horse 's skull from under the runner 's head , without its hurting him . Then the runner awoke , jumped up , and saw that his pitcher was empty and the King 's daughter far ahead . But he did not lose courage , and ran back to the stream with his pitcher , filled it once more with water , and was home ten minutes before the King 's daughter arrived . ` Look , ' said he , ' I have only just exercised my legs ; that was nothing of a run . ' But the King was angry , and his daughter even more so , that she should be carried away by a common , discharged soldier . They consulted together how they could destroy both him and his companions . ` Then , ' said the King to her , ' I have found a way . Do n't be frightened ; they shall not come home again . ' He said to them , ` You must now make merry together , and eat and drink , ' and he led them into a room which had a floor of iron ; the doors were also of iron , and the windows were barred with iron . In the room was a table spread with delicious food . The King said to them , ` Go in and enjoy yourselves , ' and as soon as they were inside he had the doors shut and bolted . Then he made the cook come , and ordered him to keep up a large fire under the room until the iron was red-hot . The cook did so , and the Six sitting round the table felt it grow very warm , and they thought this was because of their good fare ; but when the heat became still greater and they wanted to go out , but found the doors and windows fastened , then they knew that the King meant them harm and was trying to suffocate them . ` But he shall not succeed , ' cried he of the little hat , ' I will make a frost come which shall make the fire ashamed and die out ! ' So he put his hat on straight , and at once there came such a frost that all the heat disappeared and the food on the dishes began to freeze . When a couple of hours had passed , and the King thought they must be quite dead from the heat , he had the doors opened and went in himself to see . But when the doors were opened , there stood all Six , alive and well , saying they were glad they could come out to warm themselves , for the great cold in the room had frozen all the food hard in the dishes . Then the King went angrily to the cook , and scolded him , and asked him why he had not done what he was told .
But the XXXXX answered , ` There is heat enough there ; see for yourself . '
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