When the witch and the young lady heard of his beautiful salad, they longed to taste it, and said, \\u0027Dear countryman, let us just taste it.\\u0027 \\u0027To be sure,\\u0027 answered he; \\u0027I have two heads of it with me, and will give you one\\u0027; so he opened his bag and gave them the bad.Then the witch herself took it into the kitchen to be dressed; and when it was ready she could not wait till it was carried up, but took a few leaves immediately and put them in her mouth, and scarcely were they swallowed when she lost her own form and ran braying down into the court in the form of an ass.Now the servant-maid came into the kitchen, and seeing the salad ready, was going to carry it up; but on the way she too felt a wish to taste it as the old woman had done, and ate some leaves; so she also was turned into an ass and ran after the other, letting the dish with the salad fall on the ground. The messenger sat all this time with the beautiful young lady, and as nobody came with the salad and she longed to taste it, she said,\\u0027I don\\u0027t know where the salad can be.\\u0027 Then he thought something must have happened, and said, \\u0027I will go into the kitchen and see.\\u0027 And as he went he saw two asses in the court running about, and the salad lying on the ground. \\u0027All right!\\u0027 said he; \\u0027those two have had their share.\\u0027 Then he took up the rest of the leaves, laid them on the dish and brought them to the young lady,saying, \\u0027I bring you the dish myself that you may not wait any longer.\\u0027 So she ate of it, and like the others ran off into the court braying away.
Then the huntsman washed his face and went into the court that they might know him. \\u0027Now you shall be paid for your roguery,\\u0027 said he; and tied them all three to a rope and took them along with him till he came to a mill and knocked at the window. \\u0027What\\u0027s the matter?\\u0027said the miller. \\u0027I have three tiresome beasts here,\\u0027said the other; \\u0027if you will take them, give them food and room, and treat them as I tell you, I will pay you whatever you ask.\\u0027 \\u0027With all my heart,\\u0027 said the miller;\\u0027but how shall I treat them?\\u0027 Then the huntsman said,\\u0027Give the old one stripes three times a day and hay once; give the next (who was the servant-maid) stripes once a day and hay three times; and give the youngest(who was the beautiful lady) hay three times a day and no stripes\\u0027: for he could not find it in his heart to have her beaten. After this he went back to the castle, where he found everything he wanted.
Some days after, the miller came to him and told him that the old ass was dead; \\u0027The other two,\\u0027 said he,\\u0027are alive and eat, but are so sorrowful that they cannot last long.\\u0027 Then the huntsman pitied them, and told the miller to drive them back to him, and when they came,he gave them some of the good salad to eat. And the beautiful young lady fell upon her knees before him,and said, \\u0027O dearest huntsman! forgive me all the ill I have done you; my mother forced me to it, it was against my will, for I always loved you very much.Your wishing-cloak hangs up in the closet, and as for the bird\\u0027s heart, I will give it you too.\\u0027 But he said,\\u0027Keep it, it will be just the same thing, for I mean to make you my wife.\\u0027 So they were married, and lived together very happily till they died.