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They had their eyes shut, and the door was
open.
«No,» said the young man. «That won’t do.»
And so he waited and kept on the lookout.
When the giants openedtheir eyes, and the door
closed, he entered and waited for the lions to
open their eyes and entered the next room,
where he found the Dancing Water and filled his
bottles with it. The he escaped when the lions
again opened their eyes.
Now let us leave him on his journey home and
turn to the aunts, who were delighted because
their nephew did not return. However, within a
few days he reappeared and embraced his sister.
Then they had two golden basins made and put
the Dancing Water into them and watched the
water leap from one basin to the other. When
the aunts saw it, they exclaimed, «Ah! How did
he manage to get that water?»
Enraged, they called the midwife, who again
waited until the sister was alone and then
visited her.
«You see,» she said, «how beautiful the Dancing
Water is! But do you know what you want now?
The Singing Apple.»

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