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father buys her a "cuidao" and a "calderita" which, when put together on water will sing. Once she has them singing on pond and a bull steals the "cuidao". She sets out to find it. She volunteers to cure sick princess and spends the night with her. The light goes out, she sets out to find another, and comes to a negro [K 2261] stirring pot of boiling oil and saying: "The more you boil, the madder becomes the princess" [D 2091]. She passes behind him to get light and pushes him into oil [K 925]. Princess is cured. — Next day wife is again about to leave with maid and old woman when parrot calls her to continue the tale: Girl arrives at another kingdom where princess is dumb, spends the night with her and sees negro put sticks into princess' mouth. She describes him to king, he is made to remove them [D 765.1.2] and girl is rewarded. — For third time parrot calls wife back and concludes: Girl comes to kingdom where prince is dying. She spends night by his bed and puts her "calderita" in a pan of water. She hears it begin to sing and discovers "cuidao" hanging by bed. Prince was the enchanted bull. Now he is free and they marry. — Knight returns. Parrot tells him if it had not talked, he would have been dishonored, but that old woman is to blame. She is banished. Cf Mt 1352 for the frame. Cf Mt 306 *A. ex 1. BTPE I 156. 2. BTPE X 186.

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Princess sees rabbit herd which forms wheel. Rabbits disappear. Peasant woman and daughter come to comfort princess. On road they drop loaf of bread which rolls to cave [D 1031.1] where they see rabbits become men [D 323]. Princess goes there. Their castle disappears. She marries one of them. an 1. FA p. 355 = SCE p. 115.