The Prince, the Bear, and the King's Daughter
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Once upon a time there were two kings from different settlements. One king had a daughter, while the other had a son. The prince was an avid hunter who frequently left meat on a stone in the jungle, only for a big mouse to eat it daily. One day, the prince's father approached the other king, requesting his daughter's hand for marriage with his son. The other king refused, claiming the prince was too ugly for his daughter. Despite the refusal, the prince's father persisted. In that settlement, a bear terrorized the people by eating a person daily. To avoid the bear attacking the settlement, the people left a person in the jungle each day. Under these conditions the king saw an opportunity to rid himself of the persistent prince's father. He told the prince to go to the jungle, hoping the bear would kill him. The prince went to the jungle, and meanwhile, the king married his daughter to another man. When the bear attacked the prince, the latter managed to defeat and kill it, then slept under its skin. On the wedding night, the big mouse appeared and started eating the groom's legs. The groom fought with the mouse and killed it. He then boasted to his bride about his bravery, comparing it to being able to claim her father's property. Offended, the bride reported that fighting a mere mouse was no great fight and that she would have preferred being eaten by the bear rather than marrying such a man. She left the room and fled to the jungle. In the jungle, she saw the bear sleeping and jumped on it, expecting it to eat her. Instead, she discovered the prince beneath the bear's skin. In the morning, the king found his daughter missing and sent soldiers to search for her. A soldier found the princess and the prince sleeping in the jungle under the bear's skin and reported back to the king. The king ordered the soldiers to bring them back. Realizing the true bravery of the prince, the king decided to end his daughter's marriage to her first husband and agreed to marry her to the prince. Thus, the king gave his daughter to the prince, uniting the two settlements.
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Gul Afrose
Andreas Bürkert
Martin Wiehle
Eva Schlecht
Ellen Hoffmann
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