There was once upon a time a king who had a great forest near his palace, full of all kinds of wild animals. One day he sent out a huntsman to shoot him a roe, but he did not come back. ‘Perhaps some accident has befallen him,’ said the king, and the next day he sent out two more huntsmen who were to search for him, but they too stayed away. Then on the third day, he sent for all his huntsmen, and said: ‘Scour the whole forest through, and do not give up until you have found all three.’ But of these also, none came home again, none were seen again. From that time forth, no one would any longer venture into the forest, and it lay there in deep stillness and solitude, and nothing was seen of it, but sometimes an eagle or a hawk flying over it. This lasted for many years, when an unknown huntsman announced himself to the king as seeking a situation, and offered to go into the dangerous forest. The king, however, would not give his consent, and said: ‘It is not safe in there; I fear it would fare with you no better than with the others, and you would never come out again.’ The huntsman replied: ‘Lord, I will venture it at my own risk, of fear I know nothing.’
从前有一位国王，他的宫殿附近有一片广袤的森林，里面栖息着各种各样的野兽。有一天，他派一名猎人去射杀一只鹿，但猎人迟迟未归。国王心想：‘或许他遭遇了不幸。’于是第二天，他又派出两名猎人前去寻找，结果他们也同样杳无音信。到了第三天，国王召集了所有的猎人，说道：‘把整片森林彻底搜寻一遍，找不到那三个人绝不罢休。’然而，这些人也无一归来，从此再无人见过他们的身影。从那时起，再没有人敢踏入那片森林，它静默而孤寂地存在着，不见人影，偶尔只有一只鹰或一只鹰隼掠过上空。这样的景象持续了许多年。后来，一位不知名的猎人向国王自荐，表示愿意前往那片危险的森林任职。国王却不愿应允，说道：‘那里并不安全，我担心你的下场也不会比其他人好，恐怕你再也无法生还。’猎人答道：‘陛下，我愿以自身安危为赌注前去，因为我无所畏惧。'”
The huntsman therefore betook himself with his dog to the forest. It was not long before the dog fell in with some game on the way, and wanted to pursue it; but hardly had the dog run two steps when it stood before a deep pool, could go no farther, and a naked arm stretched itself out of the water, seized it, and drew it under. When the huntsman saw that, he went back and fetched three men to come with buckets and bale out the water. When they could see to the bottom there lay a wild man whose body was brown like rusty iron, and whose hair hung over his face down to his knees. They bound him with cords, and led him away to the castle. There was great astonishment over the wild man; the king, however, had him put in an iron cage in his courtyard, and forbade the door to be opened on pain of death, and the queen herself was to take the key into her keeping. And from this time forth everyone could again go into the forest with safety.
因此，猎人带着他的狗走进了森林。没过多久，狗在路上遇到了一些猎物，想要去追逐；但狗刚跑了两步，就来到一个深水池前，无法再前进。这时，一只赤裸的手臂从水中伸出，一把抓住狗，将它拖入水下。猎人见状，便回去叫来三个人，让他们带着水桶把水舀干。当他们能看清池底时，发现躺着一个野人，他的身体像生锈的铁一样呈褐色，头发垂下来遮住了脸，一直垂到膝盖。他们用绳索将他绑住，带回了城堡。大家对这个野人大为惊异；国王却让人把他关在庭院里的铁笼中，并下令任何人不得打开笼门，违者处死，王后本人则负责保管钥匙。从此以后，人们又可以安全地进入森林了。
The king had a son of eight years, who was once playing in the courtyard, and while he was playing, his golden ball fell into the cage. The boy ran thither and said: ‘Give me my ball out.’ ‘Not till you have opened the door for me,’ answered the man. ‘No,’ said the boy, ‘I will not do that; the king has forbidden it,’ and ran away. The next day he again went and asked for his ball; the wild man said: ‘Open my door,’ but the boy would not. On the third day the king had ridden out hunting, and the boy went once more and said: ‘I cannot open the door even if I wished, for I have not the key.’ Then the wild man said: ‘It lies under your mother’s pillow, you can get it there.’ The boy, who wanted to have his ball back, cast all thought to the winds, and brought the key. The door opened with difficulty, and the boy pinched his fingers. When it was open the wild man stepped out, gave him the golden ball, and hurried away. The boy had become afraid; he called and cried after him: ‘Oh, wild man, do not go away, or I shall be beaten!’ The wild man turned back, took him up, set him on his shoulder, and went with hasty steps into the forest. When the king came home, he observed the empty cage, and asked the queen how that had happened. She knew nothing about it, and sought the key, but it was gone. She called the boy, but no one answered. The king sent out people to seek for him in the fields, but they did not find him. Then he could easily guess what had happened, and much grief reigned in the royal court.
国王有一个八岁的儿子，有一天他在庭院里玩耍，玩着玩着，他的金球掉进了笼子里。男孩跑过去说：‘把球还给我。’那个野人说：‘除非你为我打开门。’‘不，’男孩说，‘我不会那样做；国王禁止我这样做。’说完便跑开了。第二天，他又去要回金球；野人再次说：‘打开我的门。’但男孩仍不肯照办。第三天，国王外出打猎去了，男孩又来到笼前说：‘即使我想开也开不了，因为我没钥匙。’这时野人说：‘钥匙在你母亲枕头底下，你可以去那里拿。’一心想要回金球的男孩把一切顾虑抛到脑后，取来了钥匙。门很难打开，男孩的手指被夹伤了。门一开，野人便走了出来，把金球递给他，然后匆匆离去。男孩吓坏了，在后面喊道：‘哦，野人，别走啊，不然我会挨打的！’野人转过身来，把他抱起来扛在肩上，迈着急步走进森林。国王回家后，发现笼子空了，便问王后这是怎么回事。王后也一无所知，于是去找钥匙，但钥匙已经不见了。她叫男孩，却无人应答。国王派人去田野里寻找，但也没找到。于是他很自然地猜到了发生了什么，王宫里顿时充满了悲伤。
When the wild man had once more reached the dark forest, he took the boy down from his shoulder, and said to him: ‘You will never see your father and mother again, but I will keep you with me, for you have set me free, and I have compassion on you. If you do all I bid you, you shall fare well. Of treasure and gold have I enough, and more than anyone in the world.’ He made a bed of moss for the boy on which he slept, and the next morning the man took him to a well, and said: ‘Behold, the gold well is as bright and clear as crystal, you shall sit beside it, and take care that nothing falls into it, or it will be polluted. I will come every evening to see if you have obeyed my order.’ The boy placed himself by the brink of the well, and often saw a golden fish or a golden snake show itself therein, and took care that nothing fell in. As he was thus sitting, his finger hurt him so violently that he involuntarily put it in the water. He drew it quickly out again, but saw that it was quite gilded, and whatsoever pains he took to wash the gold off again, all was to no purpose. In the evening Iron Hans came back, looked at the boy, and said: ‘What has happened to the well?’ ‘Nothing nothing,’ he answered, and held his finger behind his back, that the man might not see it. But he said: ‘You have dipped your finger into the water, this time it may pass, but take care you do not again let anything go in.’ By daybreak the boy was already sitting by the well and watching it. His finger hurt him again and he passed it over his head, and then unhappily a hair fell down into the well. He took it quickly out, but it was already quite gilded. Iron Hans came, and already knew what had happened. ‘You have let a hair fall into the well,’ said he. ‘I will allow you to watch by it once more, but if this happens for the third time then the well is polluted and you can no longer remain with me.’
当那个野人再次回到黑暗的森林时，他把男孩从肩上放下来，对他说：‘你再也见不到你的父母了，但我会把你留在我身边，因为你救了我，我对你心生怜悯。只要你照我吩咐去做，就会过得好。我有足够的财宝和黄金，比世界上任何人都多。’他为男孩铺了一张苔藓床让他睡觉，第二天早上，那人带他到一口井边，说：‘看，这口金井清澈如水晶，你要坐在井边，确保没有任何东西掉进去，否则井水会被污染。我每天晚上都会来检查你是否遵守了我的命令。’男孩坐在井边，常常看到一条金色的鱼或一条金色的蛇在水中显现，并小心不让任何东西落入井中。就在他这样坐着的时候，他的手指突然剧痛，不由自主地将手指伸进了水里。他迅速把手抽出来，却发现整根手指都镀上了金，无论他如何努力清洗，都无法将金洗掉。傍晚时分，铁汉回来了，看着男孩问道：‘井里出了什么事？’‘没什么，没什么，’他回答着，同时将手指藏在身后，不让那人看见。但他说道：‘你刚才把手指伸进了水里，这次就算了，但你要小心，别再让任何东西掉进去。’天刚亮，男孩就已经坐在井边守望着了。他的手指又疼了起来，他把手指在头顶上蹭了蹭，结果不幸地有一根头发掉进了井里。他赶紧把它捞出来，但那根头发已经变得金光闪闪。铁汉斯来了，立刻知道了发生的事。‘你让一根头发掉进了井里，’他说，‘我再允许你守一次井，但如果再发生第三次，井就会被污染，你就不能再留在我身边了。’
On the third day, the boy sat by the well, and did not stir his finger, however much it hurt him. But the time was long to him, and he looked at the reflection of his face on the surface of the water. And as he still bent down more and more while he was doing so, and trying to look straight into the eyes, his long hair fell down from his shoulders into the water. He raised himself up quickly, but the whole of the hair of his head was already golden and shone like the sun. You can imagine how terrified the poor boy was! He took his pocket-handkerchief and tied it round his head, in order that the man might not see it. When he came he already knew everything, and said: ‘Take the handkerchief off.’ Then the golden hair streamed forth, and let the boy excuse himself as he might, it was of no use. ‘You have not stood the trial and can stay here no longer. Go forth into the world, there you will learn what poverty is. But as you have not a bad heart, and as I mean well by you, there is one thing I will grant you; if you fall into any difficulty, come to the forest and cry: “Iron Hans,” and then I will come and help you. My power is great, greater than you think, and I have gold and silver in abundance.’
第三天，男孩坐在井边，无论手有多疼，他都不肯动一下。但时间对他来说太漫长了，他凝视着水面上自己脸的倒影。随着他越弯越低，试图直视水中的眼睛，他的长发从肩上垂落，浸入水中。他猛地直起身来，却发现整个头部的头发已经变成金色，在阳光下闪闪发光。你可以想象这可怜的孩子有多惊恐！他掏出小手帕系在头上，以免被人看见。当巨人出现时，他已经什么都知道了，说道：‘把手帕拿下来。’于是金发倾泻而出，无论男孩如何辩解都无济于事。‘你没能经受住考验，不能再留在这里了。去吧，到外面的世界去，你会明白什么是贫穷。但既然你没有坏心肠，而我也对你心存善意，我会答应你一件事：如果你遇到任何困难，就到森林里来呼唤“铁汉斯”，我就会来帮助你。我的力量很大，比你想象的还要大，而且我有取之不尽的财富。’
Then the king’s son left the forest, and walked by beaten and unbeaten paths ever onwards until at length he reached a great city. There he looked for work, but could find none, and he learnt nothing by which he could help himself. At length he went to the palace, and asked if they would take him in. The people about court did not at all know what use they could make of him, but they liked him, and told him to stay. At length the cook took him into his service, and said he might carry wood and water, and rake the cinders together. Once when it so happened that no one else was at hand, the cook ordered him to carry the food to the royal table, but as he did not like to let his golden hair be seen, he kept his little cap on. Such a thing as that had never yet come under the king’s notice, and he said: ‘When you come to the royal table you must take your hat off.’ He answered: ‘Ah, Lord, I cannot; I have a bad sore place on my head.’ Then the king had the cook called before him and scolded him, and asked how he could take such a boy as that into his service; and that he was to send him away at once. The cook, however, had pity on him, and exchanged him for the gardener’s boy.
于是，国王的儿子离开了森林，沿着有人走过和无人走过的路一直前行，最终来到了一座大城市。他四处寻找工作，却一无所获，也学不到任何能帮到自己的本领。最后，他来到王宫，请求他们收留自己。宫廷里的人不知道能让他做什么，但很喜欢他，便让他留下来。后来，厨师收留了他，让他负责砍柴、挑水和清扫炉灰。有一次，恰好没人手，厨师吩咐他把食物端到御前餐桌，但他不愿让人看见自己的金发，便一直戴着小帽。这件事从未引起国王的注意，于是国王说：‘你到御前餐桌时，必须摘下帽子。’他回答：‘啊，陛下，我不能；我头上有个很严重的疮。’国王便把厨师叫来责备了一番，问他怎么能收留这样的孩子，并命令他立刻将他赶走。然而，厨师对他心生怜悯，便将他与园丁家的男孩交换了。
And now the boy had to plant and water the garden, hoe and dig, and bear the wind and bad weather. Once in summer when he was working alone in the garden, the day was so warm he took his little cap off that the air might cool him. As the sun shone on his hair it glittered and flashed so that the rays fell into the bedroom of the king’s daughter, and up she sprang to see what that could be. Then she saw the boy, and cried to him: ‘Boy, bring me a wreath of flowers.’ He put his cap on with all haste, and gathered wild field-flowers and bound them together. When he was ascending the stairs with them, the gardener met him, and said: ‘How can you take the king’s daughter a garland of such common flowers? Go quickly, and get another, and seek out the prettiest and rarest.’ ‘Oh, no,’ replied the boy, ‘the wild ones have more scent, and will please her better.’ When he got into the room, the king’s daughter said: ‘Take your cap off, it is not seemly to keep it on in my presence.’ He again said: ‘I may not, I have a sore head.’ She, however, caught at his cap and pulled it off, and then his golden hair rolled down on his shoulders, and it was splendid to behold. He wanted to run out, but she held him by the arm, and gave him a handful of ducats. With these he departed, but he cared nothing for the gold pieces. He took them to the gardener, and said: ‘I present them to your children, they can play with them.’ The following day the king’s daughter again called to him that he was to bring her a wreath of field-flowers, and then he went in with it, she instantly snatched at his cap, and wanted to take it away from him, but he held it fast with both hands. She again gave him a handful of ducats, but he would not keep them, and gave them to the gardener for playthings for his children. On the third day things went just the same; she could not get his cap away from him, and he would not have her money.
如今，男孩必须栽种和浇灌花园，锄地翻土，还要忍受风雨和恶劣天气。有一次夏天，他独自一人在花园里劳作，天气酷热难耐，他便摘下小帽让凉风吹拂。阳光照在他的头发上，闪闪发光，光芒甚至射进了公主的卧室。公主立刻起身，想看看是什么在闪光。她看见了男孩，便喊道：‘孩子，给我编一束花环。’他急忙戴上帽子，采来野花扎成一束。当他捧着花走上楼梯时，园丁遇见了他，说道：‘你怎么能把这种普通的花送给公主？快去换一束，找最漂亮、最稀有的花来。’‘哦，不，’男孩回答说，‘野花更香，会更讨她欢心。’当他走进房间时，公主说：‘摘下你的帽子，在我面前戴着帽子是不合礼数的。’他再次说道：‘我不能摘，我头痛。’然而，公主一把抓住他的帽子扯了下来，于是他那金色的头发如瀑布般垂落在肩头，美得令人惊叹。他本想跑出去，但她拉住他的手臂，并塞给他一把杜卡特金币。他拿着钱离开了，却对金币毫不在意。他把钱交给了园丁，说：‘我把这些送给您的孩子们，让他们拿去玩耍吧。’第二天，国王的女儿又叫住他，让他带一束野花编成的花环来。他带着花环进去后，她立刻伸手抢他的帽子，想把它拿走，但他用双手紧紧抓住不放。她又塞给他一把杜卡特金币，但他不肯收下，又把钱给了园丁，让给孩子们当玩具玩。第三天情况依旧：她没能从他手中夺走帽子，他也不肯要她的钱。
Not long afterwards, the country was overrun by war. The king gathered together his people, and did not know whether or not he could offer any opposition to the enemy, who was superior in strength and had a mighty army. Then said the gardener’s boy: ‘I am grown up, and will go to the wars also, only give me a horse.’ The others laughed, and said: ‘Seek one for yourself when we are gone, we will leave one behind us in the stable for you.’ When they had gone forth, he went into the stable, and led the horse out; it was lame of one foot, and limped hobblety jib, hobblety jib; nevertheless he mounted it, and rode away to the dark forest. When he came to the outskirts, he called ‘Iron Hans’ three times so loudly that it echoed through the trees. Thereupon the wild man appeared immediately, and said: ‘What do you desire?’ ‘I want a strong steed, for I am going to the wars.’ ‘That you shall have, and still more than you ask for.’ Then the wild man went back into the forest, and it was not long before a stable-boy came out of it, who led a horse that snorted with its nostrils, and could hardly be restrained, and behind them followed a great troop of warriors entirely equipped in iron, and their swords flashed in the sun. The youth made over his three-legged horse to the stable-boy, mounted the other, and rode at the head of the soldiers. When he got near the battlefield a great part of the king’s men had already fallen, and little was wanting to make the rest give way. Then the youth galloped thither with his iron soldiers, broke like a hurricane over the enemy, and beat down all who opposed him. They began to flee, but the youth pursued, and never stopped, until there was not a single man left. Instead of returning to the king, however, he conducted his troop by byways back to the forest, and called forth Iron Hans. ‘What do you desire?’ asked the wild man. ‘Take back your horse and your troops, and give me my three-legged horse again.’ All that he asked was done, and soon he was riding on his three-legged horse. When the king returned to his palace, his daughter went to meet him, and wished him joy of his victory. ‘I am not the one who carried away the victory,’ said he, ‘but a strange knight who came to my assistance with his soldiers.’ The daughter wanted to hear who the strange knight was, but the king did not know, and said: ‘He followed the enemy, and I did not see him again.’ She inquired of the gardener where his boy was, but he smiled, and said: ‘He has just come home on his three-legged horse, and the others have been mocking him, and crying: “Here comes our hobblety jib back again!” They asked, too: “Under what hedge have you been lying sleeping all the time?” So he said: “I did the best of all, and it would have gone badly without me.” And then he was still more ridiculed.’
不久之后，战争席卷了全国。国王召集了他的人民，却不知是否还能抵抗敌人，因为对方兵力强大，拥有一支庞大的军队。这时，园丁的儿子说：‘我已经长大了，也要去参战，请给我一匹马。’其他人嘲笑他，说：‘等我们走了你再自己去找吧，我们会把一匹留在马厩里给你。’他们离开后，他走进马厩牵出那匹马；它一只脚跛了，走起路来一瘸一拐，一瘸一拐；尽管如此，他还是骑上马，朝黑暗的森林奔去。当他来到森林边缘时，大声呼唤了三遍‘铁汉斯’，声音在树林间回荡。于是那个野人立刻现身，问道：‘你想要什么？’‘我需要一匹强壮的骏马，因为我要去参战。’‘你会得到它，而且还会比你要求的更多。’于是，那个野人回到了森林中。不久之后，一个马夫从森林里走出来，牵着一匹鼻孔喷气、几乎无法控制的马；紧随其后的是大批全副铁甲的战士，他们的剑在阳光下闪闪发光。年轻人把那匹三腿马交给了马夫，骑上另一匹马，率领士兵们前行。当他接近战场时，国王的大部分军队已经倒下，其余的人眼看就要溃败。于是，年轻人带着他的铁甲士兵疾驰而去，像飓风般冲入敌阵，击倒了所有阻挡他的人。敌人开始逃跑，但年轻人紧追不舍，直到没有留下一个活人。然而，他并没有返回王宫，而是带领队伍绕道回到森林，唤出了铁汉。“你想要什么？”野人问道。“把你的马和你的士兵还给我，再把我的三腿马还给我。”他所要求的一切都得到了满足，很快，他便骑着那匹三腿马离开了。国王回到宫殿时，他的女儿前去迎接他，祝贺他取得胜利。国王说：‘不是我赢得了胜利，而是一位陌生的骑士带着士兵前来助我。’女儿想知道这位陌生骑士是谁，但国王并不知晓，便说道：‘他追击了敌人，之后我便再未见到他。’她向园丁询问他的儿子在哪里，园丁却只是微笑，回答说：‘他刚骑着那匹三条腿的马来家，其他人都在取笑他，喊道：“我们的跛脚怪又回来了！”他们还问：“你一直躲在哪个篱笆下睡觉？”于是他说：“我做得最好，若没有我，事情就会很糟。”结果他反而受到了更多的嘲笑。’
The king said to his daughter: ‘I will proclaim a great feast that shall last for three days, and you shall throw a golden apple. Perhaps the unknown man will show himself.’ When the feast was announced, the youth went out to the forest, and called Iron Hans. ‘What do you desire?’ asked he. ‘That I may catch the king’s daughter’s golden apple.’ ‘It is as safe as if you had it already,’ said Iron Hans. ‘You shall likewise have a suit of red armour for the occasion, and ride on a spirited chestnut-horse.’ When the day came, the youth galloped to the spot, took his place amongst the knights, and was recognized by no one. The king’s daughter came forward, and threw a golden apple to the knights, but none of them caught it but he, only as soon as he had it he galloped away.
国王对他的女儿说：‘我将举办一场为期三天的盛大宴会，你便抛出一只金苹果。也许那位陌生人会现身。’当宴会宣布后，青年走进森林，呼唤铁汉。‘你想要什么？’他问道。‘我想接住国王的公主抛出的金苹果。’‘这就像你已经拿到手一样安全，’铁汉说。‘届时你还将拥有一套红色铠甲，骑上一匹神骏的栗色马。’到了那天，青年策马赶到指定地点，混入骑士之中，无人认出他。公主走上前，向骑士们抛出一只金苹果，但除了他之外无人接住；而他一拿到苹果便立刻策马离去。
On the second day Iron Hans equipped him as a white knight, and gave him a white horse. Again he was the only one who caught the apple, and he did not linger an instant, but galloped off with it. The king grew angry, and said: ‘That is not allowed; he must appear before me and tell his name.’ He gave the order that if the knight who caught the apple, should go away again they should pursue him, and if he would not come back willingly, they were to cut him down and stab him.
第二天，铁汉为他装备成一位白骑士的模样，并赠予他一匹白马。他再次是唯一接住苹果的人，并且没有丝毫迟疑，立刻策马带着苹果离去。国王勃然大怒，说道：‘这是不允许的；他必须来见我，并说出他的名字。’于是国王下令，如果那位接住苹果的骑士再次离开，就派人去追赶他；若他不肯自愿回来，便将他斩杀并刺死。
On the third day, he received from Iron Hans a suit of black armour and a black horse, and again he caught the apple. But when he was riding off with it, the king’s attendants pursued him, and one of them got so near him that he wounded the youth’s leg with the point of his sword. The youth nevertheless escaped from them, but his horse leapt so violently that the helmet fell from the youth’s head, and they could see that he had golden hair. They rode back and announced this to the king.
第三天，他从铁汉那里得到了一套黑色盔甲和一匹黑马，再次摘下了苹果。然而当他骑着马带着苹果离开时，国王的侍从们追了上来，其中一人离他极近，用剑尖刺伤了青年的腿。尽管如此，青年还是逃脱了，但他的马剧烈跳跃，导致头盔从青年头上滑落，人们因此看见他有金色的头发。他们返回并向国王报告了这一情况。
The following day the king’s daughter asked the gardener about his boy. ‘He is at work in the garden; the queer creature has been at the festival too, and only came home yesterday evening; he has likewise shown my children three golden apples which he has won.’
第二天，国王的女儿向园丁打听他的儿子。'他正在花园里干活；那个怪人昨天傍晚才从节日回来，还把他赢来的三个金苹果展示给我的孩子们看了。'
The king had him summoned into his presence, and he came and again had his little cap on his head. But the king’s daughter went up to him and took it off, and then his golden hair fell down over his shoulders, and he was so handsome that all were amazed. ‘Are you the knight who came every day to the festival, always in different colours, and who caught the three golden apples?’ asked the king. ‘Yes,’ answered he, ‘and here the apples are,’ and he took them out of his pocket, and returned them to the king. ‘If you desire further proof, you may see the wound which your people gave me when they followed me. But I am likewise the knight who helped you to your victory over your enemies.’ ‘If you can perform such deeds as that, you are no gardener’s boy; tell me, who is your father?’ ‘My father is a mighty king, and gold have I in plenty as great as I require.’ ‘I well see,’ said the king, ‘that I owe my thanks to you; can I do anything to please you?’ ‘Yes,’ answered he, ‘that indeed you can. Give me your daughter to wife.’ The maiden laughed, and said: ‘He does not stand much on ceremony, but I have already seen by his golden hair that he was no gardener’s boy,’ and then she went and kissed him. His father and mother came to the wedding, and were in great delight, for they had given up all hope of ever seeing their dear son again. And as they were sitting at the marriage-feast, the music suddenly stopped, the doors opened, and a stately king came in with a great retinue. He went up to the youth, embraced him and said: ‘I am Iron Hans, and was by enchantment a wild man, but you have set me free; all the treasures which I possess, shall be your property.’
国王命人将他召来，他来了，头上仍戴着那顶小帽。但公主走上前去，将帽子摘下，于是他的金发如瀑布般垂落肩头，他如此英俊，令在场所有人惊叹不已。‘你就是那位每天来参加庆典、身着不同颜色衣裳、并摘得三颗金苹果的人吗？’国王问道。‘是的，’他答道，‘苹果就在这里，’他从口袋里取出苹果，交还给国王。‘如果您需要更多证据，可以看看您的臣民在追赶我时给我留下的伤口。但我也是那位助您战胜敌人的骑士。’‘如果您能完成如此壮举，您绝非园丁之子；请告诉我，您的父亲是谁？’‘我的父亲是一位伟大的国王，我拥有取之不尽的黄金。’‘我明白了，’国王说，‘我欠您一份恩情；有什么可以为您做的吗？’‘是的，’他回答，‘您确实可以做到。请将您的女儿许配给我。’公主笑了，说道：‘他倒是不拘礼节，不过我已从他的金发看出，他绝非园丁之子。’随后她走上前去亲吻了他。他的父母也来参加婚礼，欣喜万分，因为他们早已不再指望能再见儿子一面。正当他们坐在婚宴上时，音乐突然停止，大门打开，一位威严的国王带着庞大的随从走了进来。他走到年轻人面前，拥抱他说：‘我是铁汉，曾因魔法变成野人，但您已将我解救；我所有的财富都将归您所有。’