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Story 29: Little Brother and Little Sister P2

The King and his huntsmen saw the beautiful beast and chased him, but they couldn't catch him, and when they thought they had him for sure he darted into a thicket and vanished. At nightfall he ran to the hut, knocked, and said: "Little Sister, let me in." The door opened, in he leaped, and he slept all night on his soft bed. Next morning the hunt started again, and when the fawn heard the horn and the hunters' halloo, he couldn't keep still, and said: "Open the door, Little Sister. I shall die if I don't go." Little Sister opened the door and said: "But tonight you must come back again and say the same words." When the King and the huntsmen saw the fawn with the golden collar again, they chased him, but he was too quick and nimble for them. It went on all day, but by nightfall the huntsmen finally surrounded him and one of them wounded him slightly in the foot, so that he limped and couldn't run very fast. One huntsmen crept after him to the hut and heard him say: "Little Sister, let me in," and saw how the door was opened for him and immediately closed again. The huntsman took it all in, went to the King and told him what he had seen and heard. And the King said: "We shall hunt again tomorrow."
Little Sister was dismayed when she saw that her fawn was wounded. She washed off the blood, sprinkled herbs on the wound, and said: "Now lie down, dear fawn. Lie down and get well." The wound was so slight that by morning the fawn didn't feel it anymore. And when he heard the sounds of the hunt, he said: "I can't bear it, I've got to join in. They'll never catch me." Little Sister wept and said: "They'll kill you and here I shall be in the forest all alone and forsaken. No, I won't let you out." "Then I shall die of misery right here," said the fawn. "When I hear the hunting horn, I can't keep still!" What was Little Sister to do? With a heavy heart she opened the door and the fawn bounded happily into the woods. When the King saw him, he said to his huntsmen: "Hunt him all day until nightfall, but let no one harm him." And as soon as the sun had set , he said to the huntsman: "Come now and show me the hut." When the King came to the door, he knocked and called out: "Dear Little Sister, let me in."
The door opened, the King went in and there stood a girl more beautiful than any he had ever seen. She was frightened when she saw it wasn't the fawn but a man with a golden crown on his head. But the King looked at her tenderly, held out his hand, and said: "Will you come to my palace with me and be my wife?" "Oh yes," she said, "but the fawn must come with me. I won't ever leave him."
The King said: "He shall stay with you as long as you live and want for nothing." Just then the fawn came bounding back in. Little Sister tied the plaited rope to his collar, took hold of the rope, and led him out of the hut.
The King took the beautiful girl on his horse with him and rode to the palace, where the wedding was celebrated with great splendor. Now she was Queen, and for a long time they lived happily together. The fawn was given the best of care and played about in the palace gardens. But the wicked stepmother who had driven the children out into the world, thought Little Sister had been torn to pieces by wild beasts and that Little Brother, after being turned into a fawn, had been killed by hunters. When she heard they were happy and prospering, envy and jealousy settled in her heart and gave her no peace. She had only one thought: how was she to bring misfortune to the two of them after all? Her own daughter, who was ugly as night and had only one eye, kept grumbling and finding fault: "And now she's a Queen! Some people have all the luck. It should have been me!" "Nevermind," said the old woman, and bade her take comfort. "When the time comes, I'll know what to do."

The time came and the Queen gave birth to a beautiful little boy when the King was out hunting. The old witch disguised herself as the chambermaid, went to the room where the Queen was lying, and said: "Come, your bath is ready; it will do you good and give you new strength. Quick, before it gets cold."
The daughter was there too. They carried the feeble Queen into the bathroom, put her in a tub, locked the door and ran away. They had made such a furious fire in the bathroom that the young beautiful Queen was smothered.
When that was done, the old woman covered her daughter with a nightcap and put her into bed in the Queen's place. She also gave her the Queen's face and appearance, but she couldn't replace the missing eye. To keep the King from noticing it, she had to lie on the side where she had no eye. When he got home that night and heard that a son had been born to him, he was very happy. He went to his wife's bedside to see how she was getting along, but the old woman cried out: "Don't! Don't open the curtains! It's too soon for the Queen to look at the light, and she needs rest." The King stepped back and didn't find out that a False Queen was lying in the bed.
At midnight everyone was asleep expect for the Nurse, who was sitting beside the  cradle in the nursery. She saw the door open and saw the Real Queen come in. She took the baby out of the cradle and suckled it. Then she plumped up the pillow, laid the child down again, and covered it up with its little quilt. And she didn't forget the fawn. She went to the corner where he was lying and stroked his back. Then without a word she left the room. In the morning the nurse asked the Guards if anyone had come into the palace during the night, and they said: "No we haven't seen a soul."
After that the Queen came many nights, and never said a word; the nurse always saw her but didn't dare mention it to anyone.
After a certain time had passed, the Queen began to speak when she came, saying: "How is my child? And how is my fawn? I shall come twice more, then never again."
The nurse didn't answer, but when the Queen had vanished, she went to the King and told him everything. "Dear God," said the King, "how can this be? I'll stay with the child tonight and keep watch." So that evening he went to the nursery. And at midnight, the Queen appeared again and said: "How is my child? And how is my fawn? I shall come once more , then never come again."
and she suckled the child as usual and vanished. The King didn't dare speak to her, but he kept watch again the next night. And again she spoke: "How is my child? And how is my fawn? I've come this last time, then never again."
The King couldn't hold back. He crossed the room in one bound and said: "You can't be anyone but my dear wife." "Yes,"
She replied. "I am your dear wife." And in that moment. by the Grace of God, life was restored to her, and roses came back to her cheeks Then she told the King what the wicked witch and her daughter had done. The King had them brought to trial and they were sentenced. The daughter was taken to the forest, where she was torn to pieces by wild beasts, and the witch was thrown into the fire and miserably burned. When the witch turned to ashes, the fawn was freed from the spell and given his human form again. And Little Brother and Little Sister lived happily together to the end of their days.
That's the end of this 29th story. One of my top favorite three by the Brothers' Grimm.