So she slipped out and refreshed her poor , starved body with the fruit she plucked in the garden . But a short time afterwards her husband returned unexpectedly , and one of the horses instantly told him that Cannetella had gone into the garden , in his absence , and had stolen some oranges and grapes . Scioravante was furious when he heard this , and seizing a huge knife from his pocket he threatened to kill his wife for her disobedience . But Cannetella threw herself at his feet and implored him to spare her life , saying that hunger drove even the wolf from the wood . At last she succeeded in so far softening her husband 's heart that he said , ' I will forgive you this time , and spare your life ; but if you disobey me again , and I hear , on my return , that you have as much as moved out of the stall , I will certainly kill you . So , beware ; for I am going away once more , and shall be absent for seven years . ' With these words he took his departure , and Cannetella burst into a flood of tears , and , wringing her hands , she moaned : ` Why was I ever born to such a hard fate ? Oh ! father , how miserable you have made your poor daughter ! But , why should I blame my father ? for I have only myself to thank for all my sufferings . I got the cursed head of gold , and it has brought all this misery on me . I am indeed punished for not doing as my father wished ! ' When a year had gone by , it chanced , one day , that the king 's cooper passed the stables where Cannetella was kept prisoner . She recognised the man , and called him to come in . At first he did not know the poor princess , and could not make out who it was that called him by name . But when he heard Cannetella 's tale of woe , he hid her in a big empty barrel he had with him , partly because he was sorry for the poor girl , and , even more , because he wished to gain the king 's favour . Then he slung the barrel on the mule 's back , and in this way the princess was carried to her own home . They arrived at the palace about four o'clock in the morning , and the cooper knocked loudly at the door . When the servants came in haste and saw only the cooper standing at the gate , they were very indignant , and scolded him soundly for coming at such an hour and waking them all out of their sleep .
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