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So he crept up quite near them, and soon found that he had guessed right. After a long discussion, finding themselves still at a loss, as to how to recover her, he heard one of them sigh and say, "Oh, Siwsi, my sister, how can you live with a mortal?" "Enough," said the young man to himself. "I've got it." SO HE CREPT UP QUITE NEAR THEM AND SOON FOUND THAT HE HAD GUESSED RIGHT AFTER A LONG DISCUSSION FINDING THEMSELVES STILL AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO RECOVER HER HE HEARD ONE OF THEM SIGH AND SAY OH SWISSY MY SISTER HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH A MORTAL ENOUGH THOUGHT THE MAN TO HIMSELF I'VE GOT IT
 she agreed to become the man's wife. She resolved, at least, that, without touching it, she should oil all the iron work, and stop the noise. She was a smart fairy, and was sure she could outwit the man, even if he were so strong, and had every sort of iron everywhere in order to keep her as it were in a prison. So, pretending she loved him dearly, she said: "I will not be your wife, but, if you can find out my name, I shall gladly become your servant." "Easily won," thought the lover to himself. Yet the game was a harder one to play than he supposed. It was like playing Blind Man's Buff, or Hunt the Slipper. Although he made guesses of every name he could think of, he was never "hot" and got no nearer to the thing sought than if his eyes were bandaged. All the time, he was deeper and deeper in love with the lovely fairy maid. But one night, on returning home, he saw in a turf bog, a group of fairies sitting on a log. At once, he thought, they might be talking about their lost sister. OUGHT OUT A PLAN OF POSSIBLE ESCAPE THEN SHE AGREED TO BECOME THE MAN'S WIFE SHE RESOLVED AT LEAST THAT WITHOUT TOUCHING IT SHE SHOULD OIL ALL THE IRON WORK AND STOP THE NOISE SHE WAS A SMART FAIRY AND WAS SURE SHE COULD OUTWIT THE MAN EVEN IF HE WERE SO STRONG AND HAD EVERY SORT OF IRON EVERYWHERE IN ORDER TO KEEP HER AS IT WERE IN A PRISON SO PRETENDING SHE LOVED HIM DEARLY SHE SAID I WILL NOT BE YOUR WIFE BUT IF YOU CAN FIND OUT MY NAME I SHALL GLADLY BECOME YOUR SERVANT EASILY WON THOUGHT THE LOVER TO HIMSELF YET THE GAME WAS A HARDER ONE TO PLAY THAN HE SUPPOSED IT WAS LIKE PLAYING BLIND MAN'S BUFF OR HUNT THE SLIPPER ALTHOUGH HE MADE GUESSES OF EVERY NAME HE COULD THINK OF HE WAS NEVER HOT AND GOT NO NEARER TO THE THING SOUGHT THAN IF HIS EYES WERE BANDAGED ALL THE TIME HE WAS DEEPER AND DEEPER IN LOVE WITH THE LOVELY FAIRY MAID BUT ONE NIGHT ON RETURNING HOME HE SAW IN A TURF BOG A GROUP OF FAIRIES SITTING ON A LOG AT ONCE HE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR LOST SISTER
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