“The old woman, however, had no other thought than how to lure mankind to destruction, and when a wooer appeared, she said that whosoever wished to have her daughter, must first perform a task, or die. Many had been dazzled by the daughter's beauty, and had actually risked this, but they never could accomplish what the old woman enjoined them to do, and then no mercy was shown ; they had to kneel down, and their heads were struck off.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 134 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan