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 . The king hearing the noise and the cause of it , sent for the cooper , for he felt certain the man must have some important business , to have come and disturbed the whole palace at such an early hour . The cooper asked permission to unload his mule , and Cannetella crept out of the barrel . At first the king refused to believe that it was really his daughter , for she had changed so terribly in a few years , and had grown so thin and pale , that it was pitiful to see her . At last the princess showed her father a mole she had on her right arm , and then he saw that the poor girl was indeed his long-lost Cannetella . He kissed her a thousand times , and instantly had the choicest food and drink set before her . -LSB- Illustration : CANNETELLA COMES OUT OF THE CASK -RSB- After she had satisfied her hunger , the king said to her : ` Who would have thought , my dear daughter , to have found you in such a state ? What , may I ask , has brought you to this pass ? ' Cannetella replied : ` That wicked man with the gold head and teeth treated me worse than a dog , and many a time , since I left you , have I longed to die . But I could n't tell you all that I have suffered , for you would never believe me . It is enough that I am once more with you , and I shall never leave you again , for I would rather be a slave in your house than queen in any other . '
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