My sister Marlene,

then Marlene laid her head on her knees and cried and cried, but the man said, I am going out. I must see the bird up close.

Oh, dont go, said the woman, I feel as if the whole house were shaking and on fire.

But the man went out and looked at the bird.

Gathered all my bones, Tied them in a silken scarf, Laid them beneath the juniper tree, Tweet, tweet, what a beautiful bird am I.

With this the bird dropped the golden chain, and it fell right around the mans neck, so exactly around it that it fit beautifully. Then the man went in and said, Just look what a beautiful bird that is, and what a beautiful golden chain he has given me, and how nice it looks.

But the woman was terrified. She fell down on the floor in the room, and her cap fell off her head. Then the bird sang once more:

My mother killed me.

I wish I were a thousand fathoms beneath the earth, so I would not have to hear that!

My father, he ate me,

then the woman fell down as if she were dead.

My sister Marlene,

Oh, said Marlene, I too will go out and see if the bird will give me something. Then she went out.

Gathered all my bones, Tied them in a silken scarf,

He threw the shoes down to her.

Laid them beneath the juniper tree, Tweet, tweet, what a beautiful bird am I.

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