sentences.text: There was once a miller who had one beautiful daughter, and as she was grown up, he was anxious that she should be well married and provided for.
sentences.text: There
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: once
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: miller
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: beautiful
sentences.text: daughter
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: grown
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: anxious
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: should
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: well
sentences.text: married
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: provided
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: He said to himself,' I will give her to the first suitable man who comes and asks for her hand .' Not long after a suitor appeared, and as he appeared to be very rich and the miller could see nothing in him with which to find fault, he betrothed his daughter to him.
sentences.text: He
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: himself
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: give
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: first
sentences.text: suitable
sentences.text: man
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: comes
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: asks
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: hand
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Not
sentences.text: long
sentences.text: after
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: suitor
sentences.text: appeared
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: appeared
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: very
sentences.text: rich
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: miller
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: see
sentences.text: nothing
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: find
sentences.text: fault
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: daughter
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: But the girl did not care for the man as a girl ought to care for her betrothed husband.
sentences.text: But
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: did
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: care
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: man
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: ought
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: care
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: husband
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: She did not feel that she could trust him, and she could not look at him nor think of him without an inward shudder.
sentences.text: She
sentences.text: did
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: feel
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: trust
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: look
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: nor
sentences.text: think
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: without
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: inward
sentences.text: shudder
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: One day he said to her,' You have not yet paid me a visit, although we have been betrothed for some time .' ' I do not know where your house is,' she answered.
sentences.text: One
sentences.text: day
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: You
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: yet
sentences.text: paid
sentences.text: me
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: visit
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: although
sentences.text: we
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: some
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: do
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: know
sentences.text: where
sentences.text: your
sentences.text: house
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: answered
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: ' My house is out there in the dark forest,' he said.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: My
sentences.text: house
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: out
sentences.text: there
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: dark
sentences.text: forest
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: She tried to excuse herself by saying that she would not be able to find the way thither.
sentences.text: She
sentences.text: tried
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: excuse
sentences.text: herself
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: saying
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: able
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: find
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: way
sentences.text: thither
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Her betrothed only replied,' You must come and see me next Sunday; I have already invited guests for that day, and that you may not mistake the way, I will strew ashes along the path.'
sentences.text: Her
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: replied
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: You
sentences.text: must
sentences.text: come
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: see
sentences.text: me
sentences.text: next
sentences.text: Sunday
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: already
sentences.text: invited
sentences.text: guests
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: day
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: may
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: mistake
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: way
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: strew
sentences.text: ashes
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: path
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: When Sunday came, and it was time for the girl to start, a feeling of dread came over her which she could not explain, and that she might be able to find her path again, she filled her pockets with peas and lentils to sprinkle on the ground as she went along.
sentences.text: When
sentences.text: Sunday
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: start
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: feeling
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: dread
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: over
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: explain
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: might
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: able
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: find
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: path
sentences.text: again
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: filled
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: pockets
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: peas
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: lentils
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: sprinkle
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: went
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: On reaching the entrance to the forest she found the path strewed with ashes, and these she followed, throwing down some peas on either side of her at every step she took.
sentences.text: On
sentences.text: reaching
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: entrance
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: forest
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: found
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: path
sentences.text: strewed
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: ashes
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: these
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: followed
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: throwing
sentences.text: down
sentences.text: some
sentences.text: peas
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: either
sentences.text: side
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: every
sentences.text: step
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: took
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: She walked the whole day until she came to the deepest, darkest part of the forest.
sentences.text: She
sentences.text: walked
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: whole
sentences.text: day
sentences.text: until
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: deepest
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: darkest
sentences.text: part
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: forest
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: There she saw a lonely house, looking so grim and mysterious, that it did not please her at all.
sentences.text: There
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: saw
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: lonely
sentences.text: house
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: looking
sentences.text: so
sentences.text: grim
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: mysterious
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: did
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: please
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: She stepped inside, but not a soul was to be seen, and a great silence reigned throughout.
sentences.text: She
sentences.text: stepped
sentences.text: inside
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: soul
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: seen
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: great
sentences.text: silence
sentences.text: reigned
sentences.text: throughout
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Suddenly a voice cried:
sentences.text: Suddenly
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: voice
sentences.text: cried
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: ' Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Turn
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: turn
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: young
sentences.text: maiden
sentences.text: fair
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Linger
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: murderers
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: lair
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: The girl looked up and saw that the voice came from a bird hanging in a cage on the wall.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: looked
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: saw
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: voice
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: bird
sentences.text: hanging
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: cage
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: wall
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Again it cried:
sentences.text: Again
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: cried
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: ' Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Turn
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: turn
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: young
sentences.text: maiden
sentences.text: fair
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Linger
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: murderers
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: lair
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: The girl passed on, going from room to room of the house, but they were all empty, and still she saw no one.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: passed
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: going
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: room
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: room
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: house
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: empty
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: saw
sentences.text: no
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: At last she came to the cellar, and there sat a very, very old woman, who could not keep her head from shaking.
sentences.text: At
sentences.text: last
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cellar
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: there
sentences.text: sat
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: very
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: very
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: keep
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: head
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: shaking
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: ' Can you tell me,' asked the girl, 'if my betrothed husband lives here?'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Can
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: tell
sentences.text: me
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: asked
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: 'if
sentences.text: my
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: husband
sentences.text: lives
sentences.text: here
sentences.text: ?
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' Ah, you poor child,' answered the old woman,' what a place for you to come to!
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Ah
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: poor
sentences.text: child
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: answered
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: what
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: place
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: come
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: !
sentences.text: This is a murderers' den.
sentences.text: This
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: murderers
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: den
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: You think yourself a promised bride, and that your marriage will soon take place, but it is with death that you will keep your marriage feast.
sentences.text: You
sentences.text: think
sentences.text: yourself
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: promised
sentences.text: bride
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: your
sentences.text: marriage
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: soon
sentences.text: take
sentences.text: place
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: death
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: keep
sentences.text: your
sentences.text: marriage
sentences.text: feast
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Look, do you see that large cauldron of water which I am obliged to keep on the fire!
sentences.text: Look
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: do
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: see
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: cauldron
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: water
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: am
sentences.text: obliged
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: keep
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: fire
sentences.text: !
sentences.text: As soon as they have you in their power they will kill you without mercy, and cook and eat you, for they are eaters of men.
sentences.text: As
sentences.text: soon
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: power
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: kill
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: without
sentences.text: mercy
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: cook
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: eat
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: eaters
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: men
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: If I did not take pity on you and save you, you would be lost.'
sentences.text: If
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: did
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: take
sentences.text: pity
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: save
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: lost
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Thereupon the old woman led her behind a large cask, which quite hid her from view.
sentences.text: Thereupon
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: led
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: behind
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: cask
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: quite
sentences.text: hid
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: view
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: ' Keep as still as a mouse,' she said; 'do not move or speak, or it will be all over with you.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Keep
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: mouse
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: 'do
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: move
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: speak
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: over
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Tonight, when the robbers are all asleep, we will flee together.
sentences.text: Tonight
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: when
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: robbers
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: asleep
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: we
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: flee
sentences.text: together
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: I have long been waiting for an opportunity to escape.'
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: long
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: waiting
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: opportunity
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: escape
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: The words were hardly out of her mouth when the godless crew returned, dragging another young girl along with them.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: words
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: hardly
sentences.text: out
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: mouth
sentences.text: when
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: godless
sentences.text: crew
sentences.text: returned
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: dragging
sentences.text: another
sentences.text: young
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: They were all drunk, and paid no heed to her cries and lamentations.
sentences.text: They
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: drunk
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: paid
sentences.text: no
sentences.text: heed
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: cries
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: lamentations
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: They gave her wine to drink, three glasses full, one of white wine, one of red, and one of yellow, and with that her heart gave way and she died.
sentences.text: They
sentences.text: gave
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: wine
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: drink
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: three
sentences.text: glasses
sentences.text: full
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: white
sentences.text: wine
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: red
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: yellow
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: heart
sentences.text: gave
sentences.text: way
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: died
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Then they tore of her dainty clothing, laid her on a table, and cut her beautiful body into pieces, and sprinkled salt upon it.
sentences.text: Then
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: tore
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: dainty
sentences.text: clothing
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: laid
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: table
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: cut
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: beautiful
sentences.text: body
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: pieces
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: sprinkled
sentences.text: salt
sentences.text: upon
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The poor betrothed girl crouched trembling and shuddering behind the cask, for she saw what a terrible fate had been intended for her by the robbers.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: poor
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: crouched
sentences.text: trembling
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: shuddering
sentences.text: behind
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cask
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: saw
sentences.text: what
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: terrible
sentences.text: fate
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: intended
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: robbers
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: One of them now noticed a gold ring still remaining on the little finger of the murdered girl, and as he could not draw it off easily, he took a hatchet and cut off the finger; but the finger sprang into the air, and fell behind the cask into the lap of the girl who was hiding there.
sentences.text: One
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: now
sentences.text: noticed
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: gold
sentences.text: ring
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: remaining
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: little
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: murdered
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: draw
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: off
sentences.text: easily
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: took
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: hatchet
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: cut
sentences.text: off
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: sprang
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: air
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: fell
sentences.text: behind
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cask
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: lap
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: hiding
sentences.text: there
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The robber took a light and began looking for it, but he could not find it.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: robber
sentences.text: took
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: light
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: began
sentences.text: looking
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: find
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: ' Have you looked behind the large cask?' said one of the others.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Have
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: looked
sentences.text: behind
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: cask
sentences.text: ?
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: others
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: But the old woman called out,' Come and eat your suppers, and let the thing be till tomorrow; the finger won't run away.'
sentences.text: But
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: called
sentences.text: out
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Come
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: eat
sentences.text: your
sentences.text: suppers
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: let
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: thing
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: till
sentences.text: tomorrow
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: wo
sentences.text: n't
sentences.text: run
sentences.text: away
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' The old woman is right,' said the robbers, and they ceased looking for the finger and sat down.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: right
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: robbers
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: ceased
sentences.text: looking
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: sat
sentences.text: down
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The old woman then mixed a sleeping draught with their wine, and before long they were all lying on the floor of the cellar, fast asleep and snoring.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: then
sentences.text: mixed
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: sleeping
sentences.text: draught
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: wine
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: before
sentences.text: long
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: lying
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: floor
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cellar
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: fast
sentences.text: asleep
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: snoring
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: As soon as the girl was assured of this, she came from behind the cask.
sentences.text: As
sentences.text: soon
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: assured
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: behind
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cask
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: She was obliged to step over the bodies of the sleepers, who were lying close together, and every moment she was filled with renewed dread lest she should awaken them.
sentences.text: She
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: obliged
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: step
sentences.text: over
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: bodies
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: sleepers
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: lying
sentences.text: close
sentences.text: together
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: every
sentences.text: moment
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: filled
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: renewed
sentences.text: dread
sentences.text: lest
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: should
sentences.text: awaken
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: But God helped her, so that she passed safely over them, and then she and the old woman went upstairs, opened the door, and hastened as fast as they could from the murderers' den.
sentences.text: But
sentences.text: God
sentences.text: helped
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: so
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: passed
sentences.text: safely
sentences.text: over
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: then
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: went
sentences.text: upstairs
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: opened
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: door
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: hastened
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: fast
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: murderers
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: den
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: They found the ashes scattered by the wind, but the peas and lentils had sprouted, and grown sufficiently above the ground, to guide them in the moonlight along the path.
sentences.text: They
sentences.text: found
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ashes
sentences.text: scattered
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: wind
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: peas
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: lentils
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: sprouted
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: grown
sentences.text: sufficiently
sentences.text: above
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: guide
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: moonlight
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: path
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: All night long they walked, and it was morning before they reached the mill.
sentences.text: All
sentences.text: night
sentences.text: long
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: walked
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: morning
sentences.text: before
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: reached
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: mill
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Then the girl told her father all that had happened.
sentences.text: Then
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: told
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: father
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: happened
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The day came that had been fixed for the marriage.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: day
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: fixed
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: marriage
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The bridegroom arrived and also a large company of guests, for the miller had taken care to invite all his friends and relations.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: bridegroom
sentences.text: arrived
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: company
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: guests
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: miller
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: taken
sentences.text: care
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: invite
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: friends
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: relations
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: As they sat at the feast, each guest in turn was asked to tell a tale; the bride sat still and did not say a word.
sentences.text: As
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: sat
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: feast
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: each
sentences.text: guest
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: turn
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: asked
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: tell
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: tale
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: bride
sentences.text: sat
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: did
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: say
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: word
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: ' And you, my love,' said the bridegroom, turning to her, 'is there no tale you know?
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: And
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: my
sentences.text: love
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: bridegroom
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: turning
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: 'is
sentences.text: there
sentences.text: no
sentences.text: tale
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: know
sentences.text: ?
sentences.text: Tell us something.'
sentences.text: Tell
sentences.text: us
sentences.text: something
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' I will tell you a dream, then,' said the bride.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: tell
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: dream
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: then
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: bride
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: ' I went alone through a forest and came at last to a house; not a soul could I find within, but a bird that was hanging in a cage on the wall cried:
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: went
sentences.text: alone
sentences.text: through
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: forest
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: last
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: house
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: soul
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: find
sentences.text: within
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: bird
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: hanging
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: cage
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: wall
sentences.text: cried
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: ' Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Turn
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: turn
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: young
sentences.text: maiden
sentences.text: fair
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Linger
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: murderers
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: lair
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: and again a second time it said these words.'
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: again
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: second
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: these
sentences.text: words
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' My darling, this is only a dream.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: My
sentences.text: darling
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: dream
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' I went on through the house from room to room, but they were all empty, and everything was so grim and mysterious.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: went
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: through
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: house
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: room
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: room
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: empty
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: everything
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: so
sentences.text: grim
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: mysterious
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: At last I went down to the cellar, and there sat a very, very old woman, who could not keep her head still.
sentences.text: At
sentences.text: last
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: went
sentences.text: down
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: cellar
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: there
sentences.text: sat
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: very
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: very
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: keep
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: head
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: I asked her if my betrothed lived here, and she answered, " Ah, you poor child, you are come to a murderers' den; your betrothed does indeed live here, but he will kill you without mercy and afterwards cook and eat you . "'
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: asked
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: if
sentences.text: my
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: lived
sentences.text: here
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: answered
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Ah
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: poor
sentences.text: child
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: come
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: murderers
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: den
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: your
sentences.text: betrothed
sentences.text: does
sentences.text: indeed
sentences.text: live
sentences.text: here
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: kill
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: without
sentences.text: mercy
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: afterwards
sentences.text: cook
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: eat
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' My darling, this is only a dream.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: My
sentences.text: darling
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: dream
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' The old woman hid me behind a large cask, and scarcely had she done this when the robbers returned home, dragging a young girl along with them.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: old
sentences.text: woman
sentences.text: hid
sentences.text: me
sentences.text: behind
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: cask
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: scarcely
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: done
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: when
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: robbers
sentences.text: returned
sentences.text: home
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: dragging
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: young
sentences.text: girl
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: They gave her three kinds of wine to drink, white, red, and yellow, and with that she died.'
sentences.text: They
sentences.text: gave
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: three
sentences.text: kinds
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: wine
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: drink
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: white
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: red
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: yellow
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: she
sentences.text: died
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' My darling, this is only a dream.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: My
sentences.text: darling
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: dream
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' Then they tore off her dainty clothing, and cut her beautiful body into pieces and sprinkled salt upon it.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: Then
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: tore
sentences.text: off
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: dainty
sentences.text: clothing
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: cut
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: beautiful
sentences.text: body
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: pieces
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: sprinkled
sentences.text: salt
sentences.text: upon
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' My darling, this is only a dream.'
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: My
sentences.text: darling
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: dream
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: ' And one of the robbers saw that there was a gold ring still left on her finger, and as it was difficult to draw off, he took a hatchet and cut off her finger; but the finger sprang into the air and fell behind the great cask into my lap.
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: And
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: robbers
sentences.text: saw
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: there
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: gold
sentences.text: ring
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: left
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: difficult
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: draw
sentences.text: off
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: took
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: hatchet
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: cut
sentences.text: off
sentences.text: her
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: sprang
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: air
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: fell
sentences.text: behind
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: great
sentences.text: cask
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: my
sentences.text: lap
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: And here is the finger with the ring .' and with these words the bride drew forth the finger and shewed it to the assembled guests.
sentences.text: And
sentences.text: here
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ring
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: these
sentences.text: words
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: bride
sentences.text: drew
sentences.text: forth
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: shewed
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: assembled
sentences.text: guests
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The bridegroom, who during this recital had grown deadly pale, up and tried to escape, but the guests seized him and held him fast.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: bridegroom
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: during
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: recital
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: grown
sentences.text: deadly
sentences.text: pale
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: tried
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: escape
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: guests
sentences.text: seized
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: held
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: fast
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: They delivered him up to justice, and he and all his murderous band were condemned to death for their wicked deeds.
sentences.text: They
sentences.text: delivered
sentences.text: him
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: justice
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: murderous
sentences.text: band
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: condemned
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: death
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: wicked
sentences.text: deeds
sentences.text: .
text: There was once a miller who had one beautiful daughter, and as she was grown up, he was anxious that she should be well married and provided for. He said to himself,' I will give her to the first suitable man who comes and asks for her hand .' Not long after a suitor appeared, and as he appeared to be very rich and the miller could see nothing in him with which to find fault, he betrothed his daughter to him. But the girl did not care for the man as a girl ought to care for her betrothed husband. She did not feel that she could trust him, and she could not look at him nor think of him without an inward shudder. One day he said to her,' You have not yet paid me a visit, although we have been betrothed for some time .' ' I do not know where your house is,' she answered. ' My house is out there in the dark forest,' he said. She tried to excuse herself by saying that she would not be able to find the way thither. Her betrothed only replied,' You must come and see me next Sunday; I have already invited guests for that day, and that you may not mistake the way, I will strew ashes along the path.' When Sunday came, and it was time for the girl to start, a feeling of dread came over her which she could not explain, and that she might be able to find her path again, she filled her pockets with peas and lentils to sprinkle on the ground as she went along. On reaching the entrance to the forest she found the path strewed with ashes, and these she followed, throwing down some peas on either side of her at every step she took. She walked the whole day until she came to the deepest, darkest part of the forest. There she saw a lonely house, looking so grim and mysterious, that it did not please her at all. She stepped inside, but not a soul was to be seen, and a great silence reigned throughout. Suddenly a voice cried: ' Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair.' The girl looked up and saw that the voice came from a bird hanging in a cage on the wall. Again it cried: ' Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair.' The girl passed on, going from room to room of the house, but they were all empty, and still she saw no one. At last she came to the cellar, and there sat a very, very old woman, who could not keep her head from shaking. ' Can you tell me,' asked the girl, 'if my betrothed husband lives here?' ' Ah, you poor child,' answered the old woman,' what a place for you to come to! This is a murderers' den. You think yourself a promised bride, and that your marriage will soon take place, but it is with death that you will keep your marriage feast. Look, do you see that large cauldron of water which I am obliged to keep on the fire! As soon as they have you in their power they will kill you without mercy, and cook and eat you, for they are eaters of men. If I did not take pity on you and save you, you would be lost.' Thereupon the old woman led her behind a large cask, which quite hid her from view. ' Keep as still as a mouse,' she said; 'do not move or speak, or it will be all over with you. Tonight, when the robbers are all asleep, we will flee together. I have long been waiting for an opportunity to escape.' The words were hardly out of her mouth when the godless crew returned, dragging another young girl along with them. They were all drunk, and paid no heed to her cries and lamentations. They gave her wine to drink, three glasses full, one of white wine, one of red, and one of yellow, and with that her heart gave way and she died. Then they tore of her dainty clothing, laid her on a table, and cut her beautiful body into pieces, and sprinkled salt upon it. The poor betrothed girl crouched trembling and shuddering behind the cask, for she saw what a terrible fate had been intended for her by the robbers. One of them now noticed a gold ring still remaining on the little finger of the murdered girl, and as he could not draw it off easily, he took a hatchet and cut off the finger; but the finger sprang into the air, and fell behind the cask into the lap of the girl who was hiding there. The robber took a light and began looking for it, but he could not find it. ' Have you looked behind the large cask?' said one of the others. But the old woman called out,' Come and eat your suppers, and let the thing be till tomorrow; the finger won't run away.' ' The old woman is right,' said the robbers, and they ceased looking for the finger and sat down. The old woman then mixed a sleeping draught with their wine, and before long they were all lying on the floor of the cellar, fast asleep and snoring. As soon as the girl was assured of this, she came from behind the cask. She was obliged to step over the bodies of the sleepers, who were lying close together, and every moment she was filled with renewed dread lest she should awaken them. But God helped her, so that she passed safely over them, and then she and the old woman went upstairs, opened the door, and hastened as fast as they could from the murderers' den. They found the ashes scattered by the wind, but the peas and lentils had sprouted, and grown sufficiently above the ground, to guide them in the moonlight along the path. All night long they walked, and it was morning before they reached the mill. Then the girl told her father all that had happened. The day came that had been fixed for the marriage. The bridegroom arrived and also a large company of guests, for the miller had taken care to invite all his friends and relations. As they sat at the feast, each guest in turn was asked to tell a tale; the bride sat still and did not say a word. ' And you, my love,' said the bridegroom, turning to her, 'is there no tale you know? Tell us something.' ' I will tell you a dream, then,' said the bride. ' I went alone through a forest and came at last to a house; not a soul could I find within, but a bird that was hanging in a cage on the wall cried: ' Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair.' and again a second time it said these words.' ' My darling, this is only a dream.' ' I went on through the house from room to room, but they were all empty, and everything was so grim and mysterious. At last I went down to the cellar, and there sat a very, very old woman, who could not keep her head still. I asked her if my betrothed lived here, and she answered, " Ah, you poor child, you are come to a murderers' den; your betrothed does indeed live here, but he will kill you without mercy and afterwards cook and eat you . "' ' My darling, this is only a dream.' ' The old woman hid me behind a large cask, and scarcely had she done this when the robbers returned home, dragging a young girl along with them. They gave her three kinds of wine to drink, white, red, and yellow, and with that she died.' ' My darling, this is only a dream.' ' Then they tore off her dainty clothing, and cut her beautiful body into pieces and sprinkled salt upon it.' ' My darling, this is only a dream.' ' And one of the robbers saw that there was a gold ring still left on her finger, and as it was difficult to draw off, he took a hatchet and cut off her finger; but the finger sprang into the air and fell behind the great cask into my lap. And here is the finger with the ring .' and with these words the bride drew forth the finger and shewed it to the assembled guests. The bridegroom, who during this recital had grown deadly pale, up and tried to escape, but the guests seized him and held him fast. They delivered him up to justice, and he and all his murderous band were condemned to death for their wicked deeds.