Her's cold and stiff shall lie."
The woman kicked the dog, then tried to coax it with a pancake, telling it to say:
"Her daughter shall have gold;
His be frozen stiff and cold."
When the little dog had swallowed the pancake, he barked:
"His daughter shall be wed;
Her's shall be frozen dead."
The woman beat the dog, then coaxed it with more pancakes; but the blows could not terrify it nor food persuade. It barked always the same. Suddenly the door opened, and a huge chest was thrust into the room, followed by the radiant stepdaughter, in a dress that dazzled them with its beauty.
As soon as the stepmother recovered from her astonishment, she ordered her husband to yoke the horses to the sledge, and take her own daughter to the field. "Take care you leave her in the same place," the old woman cautioned. The father left the girl as he was bidden, and returned to his home.
She was not long alone when King Frost came by.