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 at once. But when he tried to climb the mountain, he found it was so slippery, that he slid back at every step.

When he found he could not reach her, he grew very sad, and said to himself: ‘I will stay down here and wait for her.’

So he built himself a little hut, and lived in it for a whole year. He could see the Princess above, driving round the castle every day, but he could never get to her.

Then one day he saw three Robbers fighting, and called out to them: ‘God be with you!’

They stopped at the sound of his voice, but, seeing nothing, they began to fight again.

Then he cried again: ‘God be with you!’

They stopped and looked about, but, seeing no one, went on fighting.

Then he cried for the third time: ‘God be with you!’

Again they stopped and looked about, but, as there was no one visible, they fell to more savagely than ever.

He said to himself: ‘I must go and see what it is all about.’

He went up and asked them why they were fighting. [sic]

One of them said he had found a stick which made any door fly open which it touched.

The second said he had found a cloak which made him invisible when he wore it.

The third said he had caught a horse which could go anywhere, even up the mountain of glass.