` Oh , go with me ; if we five are together , we shall easily travel through the wide world . ' So he went with him , and , not long afterwards , they met a man who wore a little hat , but he had it slouched over one ear . ` Manners , manners ! ' said the master to him ; ` do n't hang your hat over one ear ; you look like a madman ! ' ' I dare not , ' said the other , ` for if I were to put my hat on straight , there would come such a frost that the very birds in the sky would freeze and fall dead on the earth . ' ` Oh , go with me , ' said the master ; ` if we six are together , we shall easily travel through the wide world . Now the Six came to a town in which the King had proclaimed that whoever should run with his daughter in a race , and win , should become her husband ; but if he lost , he must lose his head . This was reported to the man who declared he would compete , ` but , ' he said , ' I shall let my servant run for me . ' The King replied , ` Then both your heads must be staked , and your head and his must be guaranteed for the winner . ' When this was agreed upon and settled , the man strapped on the runner 's other leg , saying to him , ` Now be nimble , and see that we win ! ' It was arranged that whoever should first bring water out of a stream a long way off , should be the victor . Then the runner got a pitcher , and the King 's daughter another , and they began to run at the same time ; but in a moment , when the King 's daughter was only just a little way off , no spectator could see the runner , and it seemed as if the wind had whistled past . In a short time he reached the stream , filled his pitcher with water , and turned round again . But , half way home , a great drowsiness came over him ; he put down his pitcher , lay down , and fell asleep . He had , however , put a horse 's skull which was lying on the ground , for his pillow , so that he should not be too comfortable and might soon wake up . In the meantime the King 's daughter , who could also run well , as well as an ordinary man could , reached the stream , and hastened back with her pitcher full of water . When she saw the runner lying there asleep , she was delighted , and said , ` My enemy is given into my hands ! ' 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 XXXXX far ahead .
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