She went in and gave herself out as a servant , a poor maid who would gladly be engaged . But she knew that the Prince whom she had freed from the iron stove in the great wood was in the castle . So she was taken on as a kitchen-maid for very small wages . Now the Prince was about to marry another princess , for he thought she was dead long ago . In the evening , when she had washed up and was ready , she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her . She cracked one and was going to eat the kernel , when behold ! there was a beautiful royal dress inside it ! When the bride heard of this , she came and begged for the dress , and wanted to buy it , saying that it was not a dress for a serving-maid . Then she said she would not sell it unless she was granted one favour -- namely , to sleep by the Prince 's door . The bride granted her this , because the dress was so beautiful and she had so few like it . When it was evening she said to her bridegroom , ` That stupid maid wants to sleep by your door . ' ` If you are contented , I am , ' he said . But she gave him a glass of wine in which she had poured a sleeping-draught . Then they both went to his room , but he slept so soundly that she could not wake him . The maid wept all night long , and said , ' I freed you in the wild wood out of the iron stove ; I have sought you , and have crossed a glassy mountain , three sharp swords , and a great lake before I found you , and will you not hear me now ? ' The servants outside heard how she cried the whole night , and they told their master in the morning . When she had washed up the next evening she bit the second nut , and there was a still more beautiful dress inside . When the bride saw it she wanted to buy it also . But the maid did not want money , and asked that she should sleep again by the Prince 's door . The bride , however , gave him a sleeping-draught , and he slept so soundly that he heard nothing .
But the kitchen-maid wept the whole night long , and said , ' I have freed you in a XXXXX and from an iron stove ; I sought you and have crossed a glassy mountain , three sharp swords , and a great lake to find you , and now you will not hear me ! '
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