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East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon by Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen
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the two brothers of Boots came. They were the last of all, so the king
asked them if there was no one else in the kingdom who hadn't come.

"Oh, yes," said they; "we have a brother, but he never carried off the
golden apple. He hasn't stirred out of the dust-hole on any of the three
days."

"Never mind that," said the king; "he may as well come up to the palace
like the rest." So he came.

"How, now," said the king; "have you the golden apple? Speak out."

"Yes, I have," said Boots; "here is the first, and here is the second,
and here is the third, too;" and with that he pulled all three golden
apples out of his pocket, and at the same time threw off his sooty rags,
and stood before them in his gleaming golden mail.

"Yes," said the king; "you shall have my daughter, and half my kingdom,
for you well deserve both her and it."

So they got ready for the wedding, and Boots got the Princess to wife,
and there was great merry-making at the bridal-feast, you may fancy, for
they could all be merry though they couldn't ride up the hill of glass;
and all I can say is, if they haven't left off their merry-making yet,
why, they're still at it.




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