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- [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/101/) — ‘I can never be your wife till Ciccu puts on my finger the ring I threw into the stream.
- [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/102/) — Ciccu, who was standing by expecting something of the sort, bowed his head when he heard her words, and went straight to the horse.
- [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/103/) — ‘Mount at once,’ said the horse; ‘this time it is very simple,’ and he carried Ciccu to the banks of the little stream.
- [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/104/) — ‘Now, call three times on the emperor of the fishes, and beg him to restore you the ring that the princess dropped.
- [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/105/) — Ciccu did as the horse told him, and a voice was heard in answer that seemed to come from a very long way off.
- [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/106/) — ‘What is your will?’ it asked; and Ciccu replied that he had been commanded to bring back the ring that the princess had flung away, as she rode past.
- [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/107/) — ‘A fish is playing with it just now,’ replied the voice; ‘however, you shall have it without delay.’
- [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/108/) — And sure enough, very soon a little fish was seen rising to the surface with the lost ring in his mouth.
- [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/109/) — And Ciccu knew him to be the fish that he had saved from death, and he took the ring and rode back with it to the king.
- [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/110/) — ‘That is not enough,’ exclaimed the princess when she saw the ring; ‘before we can be man and wife, the oven must be heated for three days and three nights, and Ciccu must jump in.’
- [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/111/) — And the king forgot how Ciccu had served him, and desired him to do as the princess had said.
- [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/112/) — This time Ciccu felt that no escape was possible, and he went to the horse and laid his hand on his neck.
- [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/113/) — ‘Now it is indeed good-bye, and there is no help to be got even from you,’ and he told him what fate awaited him.

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