Then the old toad said : ` Little green toad whose leg doth twist , Go to the corner of which you wist , And bring to me the large old kist . ' And the little toad went and brought out a great chest . Then they gave her food and drink , and led her to a beautifully made bed of silk and samite , on which she lay down and slept soundly . When the day dawned she arose , and the old toad gave her three things out of the huge chest to take with her . She would have need of them , for she had to cross a high glass mountain , three cutting swords , and a great lake . When she had passed these she would find her lover again . So she was given three large needles , a plough-wheel , and three nuts , which she was to take great care of . She set out with these things , and when she came to the glass mountain which was so slippery she stuck the three needles behind her feet and then in front , and so got over it , and when she was on the other side put them carefully away . Then she reached the three cutting swords , and got on her plough-wheel and rolled over them . At last she came to a great lake , and , when she had crossed that , arrived at a beautiful castle . She went in and gave herself out as a servant , a poor maid who would gladly be engaged . But she knew that the Prince whom she had freed from the iron stove in the great wood was in the castle . So she was taken on as a kitchen-maid for very small wages . Now the Prince was about to marry another princess , for he thought she was dead long ago . In the evening , when she had washed up and was ready , she felt in her pocket and found the three nuts which the old toad had given her . She cracked one and was going to eat the kernel , when behold ! there was a beautiful royal dress inside it ! When the bride heard of this , she came and begged for the dress , and wanted to buy it , saying that it was not a dress for a serving-maid . Then she said she would not sell it unless she was granted one favour -- namely , to sleep by the Prince 's door . The bride granted her this , because the dress was so beautiful and she had so few like it .
When it was XXXXX she said to her bridegroom , ` That stupid maid wants to sleep by your door . '
Prince doth dress evening kernel kist kitchen-maid plough-wheel samite serving-maid