And the Queen came one day on foot from the castle, and went walking by the pond, and saw the well-grown maiden sitting there, and said, "What a fine strong girl that is! She pleases me well!" Then she and all with her looked at the maid, but no one knew her. So a long time passed by during which the maiden served the miller honorably and faithfully. In the meantime, the Queen had sought a wife for her son, who came from quite a distant part of the world. When the bride came, they were at once to be married. And many people hurried together, all of whom wanted to see everything. Then the girl said to the miller that he might be so good as to give her leave to go also. So the miller said, "Yes, do go there." When she was about to go, she opened one of the three walnuts, and a beautiful dress lay inside it. She put it on, and went into the church and stood by the altar. Suddenly came the bride and bridegroom, and seated themselves before the altar, and when the priest was just going to bless them, the bride peeped half round and saw the maiden standing there. Then she stood up again, and said she would not be given away until she also had as beautiful a dress as that lady there. So they went back to the house again, and sent to ask the lady if she would sell that dress. No, she would not sell it, but the bride might perhaps earn it. Then the bride asked her how she was to do this? Then the maiden said if she might sleep one night outside the King's son's door, the bride might have what she wanted. So the bride said, "Yes, she was willing to do that." But the servants were ordered to give the King's son a sleeping-drink, and then the maiden laid herself down on the threshold and lamented all night long. She had had the forest cut down for him, she had had the fish-pond cleaned out for him, she had had the castle built for him, she had changed him into a briar, and then into a church, and at last into a fish-pond, and yet he had forgotten her so quickly. The King's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean. The next morning when they were all up, the bride put on the dress, and went away to the church with the bridegroom. In the meantime the maiden opened the second walnut, and a still more beautiful dress was inside it. She put it on, and went and stood by the altar in the church, and everything happened as it had happened the time before. And the maiden again lay all night on the threshold which led to the chamber of the King's son, and the servant was once more to give him a sleeping-drink. The servant, however, went to him and gave him something to keep him awake, and then the King's son went to bed, and the miller's maiden bemoaned herself as before on the threshold of the door, and told of all that she had done. All this the King's son heard, and was sore troubled, and what was past came back to him. Then he wanted to go to her, but his mother had locked the door. The next morning, however, he went at once to his beloved, and told her everything which had happened to him, and prayed her not to be angry with him for having forgotten her. Then the King's daughter opened the third walnut, and within it was a still more magnificent dress, which she put on, and went with her bridegroom to church, and numbers of children came who gave them flowers, and offered them gay ribbons to bind about their feet, and they were blessed by the priest, and had a merry wedding. But the false mother and the bride had to depart. And the mouth of the person who last told all this is still warm.
从前有一个国王，有一个小男孩，巫师给他算卦说在十六岁那年，他的命将被一只公鹿所克。他长到十六岁了，一次他和猎人们外出狩猎，在森林里与其他人走散了，猛然间发现了一只大公鹿，他想开枪，可是没射中。他在公鹿后面追呀追，一直追出了森林。忽然，公鹿变成一个巨人站在他面前说："我可逮着你啦。为了追你我跑坏了六双玻璃溜冰鞋，可还是没能追上你。"然后他拽着国王的儿子过了一个大湖，来到一座大宫殿。原来那巨人是那个国家的国王，他两个坐在桌旁吃了些东西，吃完后那巨人国王说："我有三个女儿，你必须为我的大女儿守一晚上夜，从晚上九点到早晨六点，每当钟敲想的时候，我要亲自去叫你，如果你没有回答，明天早晨你就会被处死，如果你每次都回答我，你可以娶她为妻。"
当小伙子走到卧室，那里竖立着一尊圣耶稣的石像，国王的女儿对石像说："我父亲到九点钟来，然后每一小时来一次，直到三点，等他叫的时候，你替王子回答一声。"圣耶稣的石像很快地点头，点头越来越慢，最后停止。第二天早上国王对他说：你这活儿干的不错，不过我不能把女儿许出去，你必须为我的二女儿守一次夜，然后我才能考虑你是否能娶我的大女儿为妻，我可是每小时去一次，我叫你的时候，你得答应，如果你没有回答，我会使你的鲜血流尽。说完他们两个走进卧室，里面竖立着一尊更大些的圣耶稣的石像，国王的女儿对它说："如果我父亲叫，你就回答他。"圣耶稣的大石像又很快地点头，随后越来越慢，最后静止不动，王子则躺在门槛上，头枕在手上睡起觉来。第二天早上国王对他说："你这活儿干的真不错，不过我不能把女儿许出去，你必须为我的最小的公主守一次夜，然后我才能考虑你是否能娶我的大女儿为妻，我可是得每小时去一次，我叫你的时候，你得答应，如果你没有回答，我会亲自将你的鲜血流尽。"
然后他们两个走进卧室，里面竖立着一尊比前两个更大的圣耶稣的石像，公主对它说："如果我父亲叫，回答他。"这尊又高又大的圣耶稣的石像连续点了半个小时的头，方才停止不动。王子躺在门槛上，又入了梦乡。第二天早上国王说："你确确实实干的不错，可我现在不想让你娶走我的女儿。我有一片大森林，如果你能从早晨六点到晚上六点为我把树全都砍倒的话，我会考虑的。"然后他交给他一把玻璃斧头，一把玻璃楔子和一柄玻璃槌子。他走进林子，立刻开始砍伐，可是斧头断成了两节。接着他又拿起槌子砸楔子，楔子又被砸得粉碎。这时他感到十分绝望，相信自己活不了啦，于是坐在地上哭了起来。
时到中午，国王说："姑娘们，你们去一个人给他送些吃的。""不，"大女儿回答，"我可不能去，他最后一个为谁守的夜，谁就该去。"所以小公主就不得不去给他送食物。她到了森林后问他进展如何，"哦，"他答道，"别提多倒霉啦。"她劝他过来吃点东西。"不了，"他情绪低落地说，"我不吃，反正是个死，我吃不下去。"她轻声细语地开导他，求他多少吃一点，他这才过来吃了些食品。等他吃完后，她说："我给你抓一会儿虱子，你会觉得舒服点儿。"
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