“At present, it is your turn; act alone.”
And again he makes himself an ant. Our monster comes, crying, that it is all up with him, that they have taken the egg out of the pigeon, and that he does not know what must become of him. He tells her to strike him on the head with the hammer.
The young lady says to him:
“What have you to fear? Who shall have got this egg? And how should he strike your forehead?”
He shows her how, saying, “Like that.”
As the young lady had the egg in her hand, she strikes the monster as he had told her, and he falls stark dead. In an instant the ant comes out joyously (from his hiding-place), and he says to her:
“We must set out instantly for your father’s house.”
They open a window, and the young man makes himself a hawk, and he says to the young lady:
“Cling firmly to my neck.”
And he flies off, and they arrive at the other side of the island. He writes immediately to the king his lord, to send and fetch them as quickly as possible. The king sent; and judge what joy and what feasts there were in that court. The king wished them to marry directly, but Malbrouk would not do so. (He said) that he ought to bring his dowry. The king said to him: