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XI . Words in the Night Some time later , the young queen wakes up in the night . Her husband is talking in his sleep . In his dream he is talking to a boy who works for him . “ Boy , ” he says , “ make me that jacket , and mend those trousers ! Or I will hit you over the ears with my measuring stick ! ” The young queen listens . Now she understands . “ My husband is not a great lord , ” she thinks . “ He is only a poor tailor ! ” The next morning she goes to her father , the old king . She cries , and she tells him everything . “ Father , ” she says , “ my husband is not a lord . He is a tailor ! Please help me . I do not want him any more . ” The old king is kind to her . “ Don’t cry , ” he says . “ Tonight , leave your bedroom door open . My servants will stand outside . When he is asleep , they will go in and tie him up . Then they will carry him to a ship . The ship will take him far away into the wide world . ” The young queen is happy with this plan . But one of the old king’s servants hears everything . This young man carries the old king’s armour and sword . He is a friend of the young king . So he goes to the young king . He tells him the whole plan . “ Oh , they want to do that ? ” says the little tailor . “ I know how to stop it ! ” That night he goes to bed with his wife at the usual time . After a while she thinks that he is asleep . She gets up quietly and opens the door . Then she lies down again . But the little tailor is not asleep . He only closes his eyes and waits . Now he begins to speak in a loud , clear voice . “ Boy , make me that jacket , and mend those trousers ! Or I will hit you over the ears with my measuring stick ! I killed seven at one blow . I killed two giants . I brought home a unicorn , and I caught a wild boar . And now I must be afraid of the men outside my door ? ” The servants outside hear these words , and they are very , very afraid . They run away as fast as they can . They run like men with a ghost behind them . And after that night , nobody ever tries to do anything against the little tailor again . So the little tailor is a king . And he stays a king to the end of his life .
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