arrives in a coach in the palace, and the princess, on seeing the crustacean, relents and marries him. She cries herself to sleep but wakes up when she sees a handsome youth next to her. She tries to push him away, but the youth explains he is the crab, changed to that shape by his mother so no maiden could marry him, and that she has to keep it secret, otherwise she must seek him out with iron shoes and an iron cane. The princess promises him to keep his secret. However, eight days after the wedding, still during the festivities, the populace mocks her for marrying a crab, but, on hearing this, she tells them the crab shell is only his disguise and points to a youth as her husband. The crab flies in the air and vanishes. The princess, then, goes after him wearing two pairs of iron shoes and walking with an iron cane until she reaches a river. She stops to rest and wet some cookies on the river, but the stream is strong and carries her off to Drakäna's house, her mother-in-law. The Drakäna takes her in and orders the princess to plant beans in the morning, harvest them in the afternoon, and cook her a meal after the Drakäna returns. The princess goes to cry near the river, where she hears a masculine voice asking for a kiss, but she declines the voice's offer. The son of the Drakäna, her husband, appears to her and advises her how to fulfill the task, and she must deny that she had help from her son, with the caveat that, if his mother mentions "your bitter death", the princess must reply with "my sweet death" (in reference to him). The following day, the Drakäna says she wants the house swept and unswept, cooked and uncooked, and the waterjugs filled and unfilled. The same mysterious voice asks the princess for a kiss, which she declines, but advises her how to fulfill the second task: she is to place a trash heap in the middle of the room and sprinkle a bit over the house; then, she is to place the pan in the oven and let it be; and fill the waterjugs to the half. The princess follows the instructions and fulfills the task, but the Drakäna insists she had help. The following day, the Drakäna says her