` Certainly , ' replied the king . ` You have the whole palace to search in ; but remember , if you fail it will cost you your head . ' So saying , he commanded the doors to be thrown open , and food and drink to be set before the young man , who , after he had eaten , began to look for the princess . But though he visited every corner and chest and cupboard , she was not in any of them , and after eight days he gave it up and his head was cut off . All this time his father and brothers had had no news of him , and were very anxious . At last the second son could bear it no longer , and said , ` Dear father , give me , I pray you , a large ship and some money , and let me go and seek for my brother . ' So another ship was fitted out , and the young man sailed away , and was blown by the wind into the same harbour where his brother had landed . Now when he saw the first ship lying at anchor his heart beat high , and he said to himself , ` My brother can not surely be far off , ' and he ordered a boat and was put on shore . As he jumped on to the pier his eye caught the notice about the princess , and he thought , ` He has undertaken to find her , and has certainly lost his head . I must try myself , and seek him as well as her . It can not be such a very difficult matter . ' But he fared no better than his brother , and in eight days his head was cut off . So now there was only the youngest at home , and when the other two never came he also begged for a ship that he might go in search of his lost brothers . And when the vessel started a high wind arose , and blew him straight to the harbour where the notice was set . ` Oho ! ' said he , as he read , ` whoever can find the king 's daughter shall have her to wife . It is quite clear now what has befallen my brothers . But in spite of that I think I must try my luck , ' and he took the road to the castle . On the way he met an old woman , who stopped and begged . ` Leave me in peace , old woman , ' replied he .
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