“The youngest, however, said, " Dear father, that must be a good man to have helped you out of your trouble, so if you have promised him a bride for doing it, your promise must be kept." It was a pity that Bearskin's face was cohered with dirt and with hair, for if not they might have seen how delighted he was when he heard these words. He took a ring from his finger, broke it in two, and gave her one half, the other he kept for himself.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 101 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan