shoes until she reaches the edge of a forest, where a toothless old woman lives. The old woman advises the girl to continue on her journey until she reaches the old woman's sister, an ogress, which will be weaving in her home. The old woman gives her a jar of honey and some figs for her to tease the ogress until the latter swears on Constantino's name not to eat Maricoula. The girl follows her orders and reaches the ogress's house by wearing down the second pair of iron shoes. The ogress swears not to devour the girl and takes her in, but secretly reneges on her oath and plots to kill her by setting impossible tasks. First, the ogress orders the girl to bake her bread, but leave half unbaked; make the bed and leave half unmade, and wash do half of the dishes. Maricoula cries over the task, when she hears a male voice asking her for a kiss. She declines the voice's offer, wanting to be devourd by the ogress than kissing anyone but her husband, then procceeds to fulfill the tasks on her own. The following day, the ogress orders the human girl to go to the ogress's sister's house and get from there a music box for the ogress's son's upcoming wedding. Maricoula hears the voice again (which the story explains it is Constantino's, testing his wife) offering to fulfill the task for her in exchange for a kiss, but the girl declines once again. Despite the refusal, the voice explains his aunt is an even fierce ogress, and advises Maricoula how to procceed: she is to trade the fodder of two animals (vine leaves for a horse, bone for a dog), spy on the window if the aunt is asleep with her eyes open, say a blessing over the door, get the box and escape. Maricoula follows the voice's warnings and brings back the box, despite the ogress's sister commanding the door, the dog and the horse to stop her. Lastly, the ogress forces Maricoula to hold candles on her fingers and between her toes all night to illuminate the ogress's son and his bride in their chambers. The girl sees that the ogress's son is her husband Constantino, and begins to cry. Constantino approaches her and asks for a kiss, but she would rather burn alive than kiss him. Then, the bride, "black