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When it was dark he ran to the little house, knocked, and said, "My little sister, let me in."
She opened the door for him, and he jumped inside and rested all night on his soft bed.
the next day the hunt began anew, and when the little deer again heard the hunting horn and the huntsmen's shouts, he could not resist, but said, "Sister, open the door for me. I must be off."
His sister opened the door for him, saying, "But this evening you must be here again and say the password."
When the king and his huntsmen again saw the young deer with his golden collar, they all chased after him, but he was too fast and nimble for them. And so it went the entire day, but as evening fell, the huntsmen had surrounded him, and one of them wounded him a little in the foot, causing him to limp. Slowly, he ran away.
A huntsman crept after him to the little house and heard how he called out, "My little sister, let me in," and saw that someone opened the door for him, and then immediately shut it again. The huntsman took notice of all this, then went to the king and told him what he had seen and heard.
then the king said, "Tomorrow we will continue with our hunt."
the little sister, however, was terribly frightened when she saw that her young deer was wounded. She washed the blood off him, applied herbs, and said, "Go to bed, my sweet deer, so that you will get well again."
But the wound was so slight that the next morning the deer no longer felt it. And when he again heard the merry sound of the hunt outside, he said, "I cannot resist it. I must be there. They'll never get me."
Crying, the sister said, "This time they will kill you, and I will be alone in the woods, forsaken by the whole world. I will not let you out."
"then I will die here from grief," answered the deer. "When I hear the hunting horn I feel that I have to jump out of my shoes!"
then the sister could not help herself, and with a heavy heart she unlocked the door for him. The deer vigorously and joyfully bounded off into the woods.
When the king saw him he said to his huntsmen, "Chase after him all day long and into the night, but take care that no one does him any harm."
As soon as the sun had set the king said to the huntsman, "Now come and show me the little house in the woods."
When he came to the door he knocked and called out, "Dear little sister, let me in."
the door opened, and the king walked in, and there stood a girl who was more beautiful than any girl he had ever seen. The girl was frightened when she saw that it was not her deer, but a man wearing a golden crown on his head who came in.
However, the king looked kindly at her, reached out his hand to her, and said, "Will you go with me to my castle and be my dear wife?"
"Oh, yes," answered the girl, "but the little deer must go with me. I cannot leave him."
the king said, "He shall stay with you as long as you live, and he shall want nothing."
Just then he came bounding in, and the sister again tied him to the cord of rushes. She herself took hold of it and walked out of the little house with him.
the king lifted the beautiful girl onto his horse and took her to his castle, where their wedding was held with GREat splendor. She was now the queen, and they lived happily together for a long time. The deer was cared for and cherished, and ran about in the castle garden.
Now the wicked stepmother who had caused the children to go out into the world thought that the sister had been torn to pieces by wild animals in the woods, and that the brother, as a deer, had been killed by the huntsmen. When she heard that they were happy and well off, envy and hatred filled her heart, leaving her no peace. Her only thoughts were how she could bring about their downfall.
