` Do you think that is anything wonderful ? Why , I can do as much myself ! ' ' I am sure you ca n't , ' said they , much too surprised to be polite . Then the maid sprang off the stake and left the room , and instantly the new wife took her place . But the sharp stake ran through , and she was dead in a moment . So they sent to the prince and said , ` Come quickly , and bury your wife . ' ` Bury her yourselves , ' he answered . ` What did she do it for ? It was not by my orders that she impaled herself on the stake . ' So they buried her ; and in the evening the prince came to the daughter of Buk Ettemsuch , and said to her , ` Speak to me , or I shall have to take another wife . ' But she was afraid to speak to him . The following day the prince hid himself in the room and watched . And soon the maiden woke , and said to the pitcher and to the water-jug , ` Quick ! go down to the spring and bring me some water ; I am thirsty . ' And they went . But as they were filling themselves at the spring , the water-jug knocked against the pitcher and broke off its spout . And the pitcher burst into tears , and ran to the maiden , and said : ` Mistress , beat the water-jug , for he has broken my spout ! ' ` By the head of Buk Ettemsuch , I implore you not to beat me ! ' ` Ah , ' she replied , ` if only my husband had sworn by that oath , I could have spoken to him from the beginning , and he need never have taken another wife . But now he will never say it , and he will have to go on marrying fresh ones . '
And the prince , from his hiding-place , heard her words , and he jumped up and ran to her and said , ` XXXXX the head of Buk Ettemsuch , speak to me . '
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