Stranica 99 [99]
THE BROTHER AND SISTER. 71
before she vanished. ‘The King dared not speak to her, but
he watched again the following night, and heard her say,
** My child my fawn this once I come to see,
This once I come, and now the end must be,"
Then the King could contain himself no longer, but rushed
towards her, saying,
“You are no other than my dear wife!” Then she
answered,
‘“Yes, Iam your dear wife,’ and in that moment, by the
grace of heaven, her life returned to her, and she was once
more well and strong. ‘Then she told the King the snare that
the wicked witch and her daughter had laid for her. ‘The
King had them both brought to judgment, and sentence was
passed upon them. The daughter was sent away into the
wood, where she was devoured by the wild beasts, and the
witch was burned, and ended miserably. And as soon as her
body was in ashes the spell was removed from the fawn, and
he took human shape again ; and then the sister and brother
lived happily together until the end.