“The King looked at her and did not know her, but as they were such handsome fellows, he said " Yes," and that he would willingly take them, and now they were the King's twelve huntsmen. The King, however, had a lion which was a wondrous animal, for he knew all concealed and secret things. It came to pass that one evening he said to the King, "Thou thinkest thou hast twelve huntsmen ? " " Yes," said the King, " they are twelve huntsmen."”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 67 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan