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The following day the king's daughter asked the gardener about

his boy. 'He is at work in the garden; the queer creature has

been at the festival too, and only came home yesterday evening;

he has likewise shown my children three golden apples which he

has won.'

The king had him summoned into his presence, and he came and

again had his little cap on his head. But the king's daughter

went up to him and took it off, and then his golden hair fell

down over his shoulders, and he was so handsome that all were

amazed. 'Are you the knight who came every day to the festival,

always in different colours, and who caught the three golden

apples?' asked the king. 'Yes,' answered he, 'and here the apples

are,' and he took them out of his pocket, and returned them to

the king. 'If you desire further proof, you may see the wound

which your people gave me when they followed me.