If you are an old woman , you shall be my mother . If you are a young one , you shall be my daughter . If you are middle-aged , you shall be my wife . So come out , and fear nothing . ' Then the maiden came out of her hiding-place , and stood before him . -LSB- Illustration : The Maiden creeps out of the Pot . -RSB- ` Fear nothing , ' said the ogre again ; and when he went away to hunt he left her to look after the house . In the evening he returned , bringing with him hares , partridges , and gazelles , for the girl 's supper ; for himself he only cared for the flesh of men , which she cooked for him . He also gave into her charge the keys of six rooms , but the key of the seventh he kept himself . And time passed on , and the girl and the ogre still lived together . She called him ` Father , ' and he called her ` Daughter , ' and never once did he speak roughly to her . One day the maiden said to him , ` Father , give me the key of the upper chamber . ' ` No , my daughter , ' replied the ogre . ` There is nothing there that is any use to you . ' ` But I want the key , ' she repeated again . However the ogre took no notice , and pretended not to hear . The girl began to cry , and said to herself : ` To-night , when he thinks I am asleep , I will watch and see where he hides it ' ; and after she and the ogre had supped , she bade him good-night , and left the room . In a few minutes she stole quietly back , and watched from behind a curtain . In a little while she saw the ogre take the key from his pocket , and hide it in a hole in the ground before he went to bed . And when all was still she took out the key , and went back to the house .
The next morning the ogre awoke XXXXX the first ray of light , and the first thing he did was to look for the key .
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