When they reached the stairs the soldier ran on in front and lay down in his bed, and when the twelve had come up slowly and wearily, he was already snoring so loudly that they could all hear him, and they said, "So far as he is concerned, we are safe." They took off their beautiful dresses, laid them away, put the worn-out shoes under the bed, and lay down.
Quando arrivarono alla scala, il soldato corse avanti e si mise nel suo letto, e quando le dodici principesse giunsero stanche, camminando a passettini, egli russava di nuovo forte, sicché, esse dissero: "Quanto a lui, possiamo stare tranquille."