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once upon a time there was a queen who had only one beautiful daughter she loved the girl very much at last the day came for the princess to go far away and marry a prince the queen was sad to say goodbye she gave her daughter some beautiful dresses a Gold Cup and many other things she gave her a magic horse it was a white horse and it could talk I love this horse mother the princess said I will call it falada and the queen gave her daughter a maid to ride with her then the queen

made three drops of blood fall onto a handkerchief take this she said to her daughter it will help you it will make you strong now goodbye daughter and be happy the princess took the handkerchief with the three drops of blood she put it inside her dress goodbye mother she said thank you for everything [Music] the queen watched them right away Down The Long Hill it was a very hot day soon the princess was thirsty they were near a stream and so she asked her maid maid please will you get me a drink of water in

my Gold Cup but the maid said angrily no I will not you get off your horse and get it I will not be your maid the princess did not know what to say so she got off her horse and went to the stream and drank then they rode on but the sun was warm and later she asked again made please will you get me a drink of water in my Gold Cup and again the maid said angrily no I will not you get off your horse and get it I will not be your maid the

princess did not know what to say so she got off her horse and went to the stream and drank but this time the handkerchief fell into the water Ah that's good thought the maid there is no one here and now she has nothing to help her so she said to the princess take off that dress and give it to me you can wear my gray one be quick now or I will kill you and I will have falada I am going to be the princess I am going to be the bride and you are going

to be my maid so they rode on the maid rode in front on falada the princess rode behind her on the old gray horse in the evening they arrived at the castle the king and his son the prince came to meet them how do you do princess said the king to the maid this is my son the prince the real princess was left outside but the king saw her who is that girl he thought she has a beautiful face who are you ask the king I came here as a maid the real princess answered but

you have many Maids and you do not need me I can find some work for you you can be a goose girl said the king come with me he took her to a little house near the castle gate this is Kirsten's house he said she looks after the geese Kirsten come here's a nice girl to help you give her some food and a bed please that night there was a big dinner at the castle this princess is going to be my son's bride said the king they will marry in three weeks the maid looked at

all the people and smiled later that night she spoke to the prince I have something to tell you she said that white horse falada is a bad horse it's mad you must kill it she was afraid because falada could talk yes my bride said the prince if you want that I will tell my men to take it away the real princess heard about this she had one gold coin she ran to the men and said take this gold coin do something for me do you see this dead horse put this horse's head by the big

castle gate what they said that's a mad idea why because I loved that horse she said I want to see its face the men liked her so they took the gold coin and they put falara's head by the castle gate every day Kirsten took the geese out to the meadow and the real princess went with her they walked through the castle gate and every day the real princess spoke to falada's head falada my horse do you know me yes princess the head answered you are the true bride Kirsten did not like it she thought it

was very strange every day the real princess brushed her long gold hair and Kirsten always said give me some of your hair oh come on cut some off and give it to me and the real princess always said no Kirsten stop it but Kirsten wouldn't stop it so the real princess had to sing to the wind blow wind blow she sang blow Kirsten's hat blow it over there so I have time to brush my hair then a wind came and blew Kirsten's hat off Kirsten had to run all over the meadow then the real princess

had time to brush her hair all this made Kirsten angry you're strange she said to the princess who are you you talked to the wind you talk to a dead horse's head you're mad you're a mad girl I'm going to tell the king about you so Kirsten went to the king and said listen that girl is mad I don't want to work with her again every day she talks to a dead horse's head and it talks back to her and she sings to the wind she asks the wind to blow my hat off I have

to run all over the meadow hmm said the king I want to come and see this so the next day the king hid and watched and he saw that it was true the king heard the real princess speak to falada's head falada my horse do you know me yes princess you are the true bride and in the meadow the king heard her sing to the wind blow wind blow she sang blow Kirsten's hat blow it over there so I have time to brush my hair he saw Kirsten's hat blow off and he saw her run

all over the meadow that evening the king said who are you I watched you today I saw some very strange things what is your story oh answered the princess I cannot tell you my story she will kill me if I tell you anything the king thought then he said I see you are too afraid to tell me you can't tell me all right I will go out of the room and you can tell your story to this old cupboard the princess needed to speak so she got inside the old cupboard it was dark but it

was warm and in the dark she told her story the king listened through a hole in the wall he heard all she said I am the real princess the true bride my maid is going to marry the prince she took my dress she took my horse falada she rode it here she made me ride behind her I have no one to help me she will kill me if I tell anyone then the king said do not be afraid come with me it is time to make everything right the king found the prince and all the

people in the castle now he said listen carefully and do not say a word then he told them about the real princess and they were happy they could see that she was beautiful and good that night the true bride sat next to the prince her maid sat on his other side and did not know her after dinner the king spoke to everybody listen said the king I have a story to tell you all once there was a princess who had a maid that princess had to ride far away to marry a prince and the maid

went with her but on the way the maid said give me your dress and give me your horse or I will kill you I am going to be the princess now and I am going to marry the prince then the king went up to the maid and said tell me what you think about this and she answered that's really bad put that bad maid on a horse a mad bad horse and let the Mad bad horse throw her into the sea Right Said the king then this is what will happen to you so the maid

had to ride a mad bad horse and it threw her into the sea then the prince married the real princess the true bride and they were very happy