I am sure I said nothing to make her throw herself into the oven . ' Accordingly the burnt woman was buried , but the prince would not go to the funeral as all his thoughts were still with the wife who would not speak to him . The next night he said to her , ` Dear wife , are you afraid that something dreadful will happen if you speak to me ? If you still persist in being dumb , I shall be forced to get another wife . ' The poor girl longed to speak , but dread of the ogre kept her silent , and the prince did as he had said , and brought a fresh bride into the palace . And when she and her ladies were seated in state , the maiden planted a sharp stake in the ground , and sat herself down comfortably on it , and began to spin . ` What are you staring at so ? ' said the new bride to her ladies . ` 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 .
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