ABSTRACT
Let’s leave the two girls in the chest for a while and turn to a king who had come to the sea coast because he was sick, and the doctors had told him that, if he wanted to get well, he should spend some time near the sea. One day, he happened to notice that there was something afloat, and he wanted to fish it out. So he pulled and pulled on his line and managed to bring in the chest that he was glad to take to his palace. Once there, he opened it and found the first sister. After he presented her to his mother, he married her. One day, while they were sitting at their window, they saw a cavalier on horseback coming from a forest. The young queen looked and recognized her father. When the father drew near, and the king’s attention had been turned away, he said to his daughter, “There you are, you wretch! That’s it! I’ve asked God to turn you into a doe and make you vanish from the sight of your husband.”
