Whatever you were to ask from him he would give you . The one thing he will not grant you is permission to leave the palace . Now , do as I tell you . Go to your father and ask him to give you a wooden wheel-barrow , and a bear 's skin . When you have got them bring them to me , and I will touch them with my magic wand . The wheel-barrow will then move of itself , and will take you at full speed wherever you want to go , and the bear 's skin will make such a covering for you , that no one will recognise you . ' So the princess did as the witch advised her . The king , when he heard her strange request , was greatly astonished , and asked her what she meant to do with a wheel-barrow and a bear 's skin . And the princess answered , ` You never let me leave the house -- at least you might grant me this request . ' So the king granted it , and the princess went back to her nurse , taking the barrow and the bear 's skin with her . As soon as the witch saw them , she touched them with her magic wand , and in a moment the barrow began to move about in all directions . The princess next put on the bear 's skin , which so completely changed her appearance , that no one could have known that she was a girl and not a bear . In this strange attire she seated herself on the barrow , and in a few minutes she found herself far away from the palace , and moving rapidly through a great forest . Here she stopped the barrow with a sign that the witch had shown her , and hid herself and it in a thick grove of flowering shrubs . Now it happened that the prince of that country was hunting with his dogs in the forest . Suddenly he caught sight of the bear hiding among the shrubs , and calling his dogs , hounded them on to attack it . But the girl , seeing what peril she was in , cried , ` Call off your dogs , or they will kill me . What harm have I ever done to you ? ' At these words , coming from a bear , the prince was so startled that for a moment he stood stock-still , then he said quite gently , ` Will you come with me ? I will take you to my home . ' '
I will come gladly , ' replied the bear ; and seating herself XXXXX the barrow it at once began to move in the direction of the prince 's palace .
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