The sun was setting fast， and already half of its circle had sunk behind the hill： Jorindel on a sudden looked behind him， and saw through the bushes that they had， without knowing it， sat down close under the old walls of the castle. Then he shrank for fear， turned pale， and trembled. Jorinda was just singing，

　　The ring-dove sang from the willow spray， Well-a-day! Well-a-day! He mournd for the fate of his darling mate， Well-a-day!

　　when her song stopped suddenly. Jorindel turned to see the reason， and beheld his Jorinda changed into a nightingale， so that her song ended with a mournful /jug， jug/. An owl with fiery eyes flew three times round them， and three times screamed：

　　Tu whu! Tu whu! Tu whu!

　　Jorindel could not move; he stood fixed as a stone， and could neither weep， nor speak， nor stir hand or foot. And now the sun went quite down; the gloomy night came; the owl flew into a bush; and a moment after the old fairy came forth pale and meagre， with staring eyes， and a nose and chin that almost met one another.

　　She mumbled something to herself， seized the nightingale， and went away with it in her hand. Poor Jorindel saw the nightingale was gone but what could he do? He could not speak， he could not move from the spot where he stood. At last the fairy came back and sang with a hoarse voice：

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