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The Three Soldiers
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had eaten it the horns disappeared; and he took up the purse, the tablecloth, and the whistle. Then he said to her:
The Princess Finds Horns on her Head
"Now, will you marry me?"
"No," she replied, "why should I?"
"Because you didn't win these fairly."
"That may be, or that may not be, but I see no reason why I should marry you."
Thereupon he blew his whistle, and the palace