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him a piece, but the gnome asks him for the whole loaf. At first, the eldest is confused about why the Gnome wanted so much bread, but when he refuses, the gnome suddenly beats him up until he is unconscious so that he can take away the whole loaf to chow down on. The same thing happens to the second huntsman. Later, the third one finds his companions unconscious, and accuses the gnome for ambushing them during their quest. Blamed for his wrongdoing, the gnome is forced to apologize, promising to show him how to rescue the king's daughters. He shows him a deep well without water, warns that his companions might betray him and so he has to go alone, and vanishes. The third tells the other two, and they go to the well. The eldest and next both try to be lowered, but panic; the youngest goes down and finds the king's daughters being held captive, one by a dragon with nine heads, one by one with five, one by one with four. He kills the dragons and has the king's daughters lifted in the basket. Then he puts in a rock; his brothers cut the rope and take the princesses back to the king.
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Three huntsmen set out. They find a castle with no one in it but food set out, so they watch and then eat, and agree to draw lots; one will stay and make camp while the other two will search. The eldest stays until he is confronted by a small gnome who begs for bread. The eldest reluctantly gives
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says that their father loves them too much for that, so they eat the fruit and sink underground. The king becomes so worried about his daughters vanished underground, that he offers their hand to whoever saves them.
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The youngest finds a flute. Playing it conjures up elves, who bring him to the surface. The princesses tell the truth, and the angered King sentences the older brothers to death by
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A king owns a poison tree, and whoever eats a fruit from it will vanish underground. His three daughters want to see if that really happens. The
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Index


Aarne–Thompson
Grimms' Fairy Tales
fairy tale
Brothers Grimm
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Aarne-Thompson
youngest
hanging
The Story of Bensurdatu
The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life
Hans-Jörg Uther
"The Gnome"
Archived
Wayback Machine
Uther, Hans-Jörg
D.L. Ashliman
The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)

The Gnome
The complete set of Grimms' Fairy Tales, including The Gnome
Standard Ebooks
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The Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Grimms' Fairy Tales
Deutsche Sagen

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