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 shall neither tread the loom nor turn the spindle.
 * You shall eat all you want, till you're ready to burst.
 * I never will drag you about by the hair-

THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
 * Nor beat me?

PEER
 * No, can you think I would?
 * We kings' sons never beat women and such.

THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
 * You're a king's son?

PEER
 * Yes.

THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
 * I'm the Dovre-King's daughter.

PEER
 * Are you? See there, now, how well that fits in!

THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
 * Deep in the Ronde has father his palace.

PEER
 * My mother's is bigger, or much I'm mistaken.

THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
 * Do you know my father? His name is King Brose.

PEER
 * Do you know my mother? Her name is Queen Ase.

THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
 * When my father is angry the mountains are riven.