As soon as she reached it she began to scrape , and the iron gave way and before two hours had passed she had made a little hole . Then she peeped in and saw such a beautiful youth all shining with gold and precious stones that she fell in love with him on the spot . So she scraped away harder than ever , and made the hole so large that he could get out . Then he said , ` You are mine , and I am thine ; you are my bride and have set me free ! ' He wanted to take her with him to his kingdom , but she begged him just to let her go once more to her father ; and the Prince let her go , but told her not to say more than three words to her father , then to come back again . So she went home , but alas ! she said MORE THAN THREE WORDS ; and immediately the iron stove vanished and went away over a mountain of glass and sharp swords . But the Prince was free , and was no longer shut up in it . Then she said good-bye to her father , and took a little money with her , and went again into the great wood to look for the iron stove ; but she could not find it . She sought it for nine days , and then her hunger became so great that she did not know how she could live any longer . And when it was evening she climbed a little tree and wished that the night would not come , because she was afraid of the wild beasts . When midnight came she saw afar off a little light , and thought , ` Ah ! if only I could reach that ! ' Then she got down from the tree and went towards the light . She came to a little old house with a great deal of grass growing round , and stood in front of a little heap of wood . She thought , ` Alas ! what am I coming to ? ' and peeped through the window ; but she saw nothing inside except big and little toads , and a table beautifully spread with roast meats and wine , and all the dishes and drinking-cups were of silver . Then she took heart and knocked . Then a fat toad called out : ` Little green toad with leg like crook , Open wide the door , and look Who it was the latch that shook . '
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