The Golden Maiden, the Farmer and the Empty Ghost
Janko gave the king the fox tree and received in return the Magic Grape-Vine that really belonged to hisfather and not to the king at all. He hurried back to the Golden Maiden who was waiting for him with the Golden Horse and the Golden Apple-Tree and the Golden Cradle and off they all went.
The king was delighted with his fox tree and called his courtiers to come and admire it.
"Beautiful! Beautiful!" they all said, and one of them examining the fruit carefully remarked:
"But see these apples! They are not round like apples but long and pointed like a fox's head!"
He had no sooner said the word fox than the tree turned into a fox and went scampering off.
"See what you've done with your nonsense!" cried the king. "You have lost me my Golden Apple-Tree and now I shall lose you your head!" And he ordered the courtier to be executed at once.
When the Fox caught up with the Golden Horse, she said to Janko: