The King said, "That cannot be true." - "Then watch yourself the next night, and you will see it with your own eyes; and hark you, lord King, if you were to take his skin away and throw it in the fire, he would be forced to show himself in his true shape." - "Thy advice is good," said the King, and at night when they were asleep, he stole in, and when he got to the bed he saw by the light of the moon a noble-looking youth lying there, and the skin lay stretched on the ground. So he took it away, and had a great fire lighted outside, and threw the skin into it, and remained by it himself until it was all burnt to ashes. As, however, he was anxious to know how the robbed man would behave himself, he stayed awake the whole night and watched.
- "Il tuo consiglio mi piace" disse il re; e la sera, mentre dormivano, entrò di soppiatto nella camera, e, avvicinatosi al letto, vide al chiaro di luna uno splendido giovane addormentato; e la pelle d'asino giaceva a terra. Allora egli la portò via e fuori fece accendere un gran fuoco, vi fece buttare la pelle e rimase là davanti, finché, non fu ridotta in cenere. Ma siccome voleva vedere che cosa avrebbe fatto il derubato, vegliò tutta la notte, origliando.