The Boy lay almost dead in the forest. But he was not forsaken. His faithful dogs came close to him to warm his body, and they licked his wounds. The dogs did not leave and their master slowly regained his breath and showed signs of life.
Then, the Boy regained his strength and started his way to the king's palace and finally reached there too.
The Boy was shocked because he found that in the kingdom, there were banquets everywhere and everyone was happy and joyful.
The Boy asked one of the people in the kingdom what the celebrations were for.
The people replied. “The three daughters of the kingdom are back safe and sound from the power of the mountain ogres and today is the wedding of the two eldest princesses.”
“Is the youngest princess also getting married?” The Boy asked anxiously.
The people unhappily shook their heads. “The youngest princess would not accept anyone as her husband and she is constantly weeping. But nobody knows why she is so unhappy.”
The boy was happy because he realized that the third princess also loved him and that was the reason that she had not accepted anyone as her husband.
He then went to the guard room and sent a message to the king. “I am a guest at the wedding and I ask permission to add to the joy of the weddings by showing my performing dogs.”
The king was happy when he heard this message and he asked that the stranger should be received and brought inside the palace.
Adapted from Swedish Folk Stories
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