Then the young man cried instead , ` Hop ! I am here . ' The second man , hearing the signal , leapt the ditch in confidence , and was met by the same fate , and in a few minutes eleven of the robbers lay dead , and there remained only the captain . Now the captain had wound round his neck the shawl of his lost wife , and the stroke of the prince 's sword fell harmless . Being very cunning , however , he made no resistance , and rolled over as if he were as dead as the other men . Still , the prince was no fool , and wondered if indeed he was as dead as he seemed to be ; but the captain lay so stiff and stark , that at last he was taken in . The prince next dragged the headless bodies into a chamber in the cave , and locked the door . Then he and his mother ransacked the place for some food , and when they had eaten it they lay down and slept in peace . With the dawn they were both awake again , and found that , instead of the cave which they had come to the night before , they now were in a splendid castle , full of beautiful rooms . The prince went round all these and carefully locked them up , bidding his mother take care of the keys while he was hunting . Unfortunately , the queen , like all women , could not bear to think that there was anything which she did not know . So the moment that her son had turned his back , she opened the doors of all the rooms , and peeped in , till she came to the one where the robbers lay . But if the sight of the blood on the ground turned her faint , the sight of the robber captain walking up and down was a greater shock still . She quickly turned the key in the lock , and ran back to the chamber she had slept in . Soon after her son came in , bringing with him a large bear , which he had killed for supper . As there was enough food to last them for many days , the prince did not hunt the next morning , but , instead , began to explore the castle . He found that a secret way led from it into the forest ; and following the path , he reached another castle larger and more splendid than the one belonging to the robbers . He knocked at the door with his fist , and said that he wanted to enter ; but the giant , to whom the castle belonged , only answered : ' I know who you are . I have nothing to do with robbers . ' ' I am no robber , ' answered the prince . '
I XXXXX the son of a king , and I have killed all the band .
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