*Austrian Folktales: Kruzimügeli*

*Summarized by Jane*

*Once there was a King who desired to have a wife who had jet black hair and eyes. He informed everybody in his Kingdom. Long time passed, no girls could meet the conditions to be the wife whom the King wished. One day, the daughter of a charcoal burner heard the wish of the King, she realized she met his desire. She asked her father for permission to meet the King. The father didn’t believe she could be the Queen but he still let her go. On the way to the Castle, she met a little man who told her if she could become the Queen, what she would give him. She replied she had nothing to give him. The little man told her that she would be the Queen, his name was Kruzimügeli. After three years, he would meet her, if she couldn’t tell him his name, she would be his. The girl continued her journey without caring his words much. The dwarf rubbed his hands with glee as he looked after her.*

*When the King met the girl with all the characters that he loved at his wife, he got married to her. They lived happily during three years. The Queen suddenly remembered the dwarf, she forgot his name and was afraid that what he told her would become true then became very sad most of the time. The King loved his wife so much, realized his wife’s sadness, he tried to ask her, but every time like that she refused to share the reason. One day the king's forester went into the forest for game for the royal table. During the trip, he saw a dwarf who kept singing happily near a fire he had made.*

*“She does not know - oh, what jollity!*

*My name is Kruzimügeli."*

*After the forester came back, he shared the story about the dwarf with the Queen. The Queen was very happy. At the day which had been told by the dwarf before, the little man showed up and asked the Queen his name. She pretended to say wrong names twice, the third time, she told him the right name. The little man disappeared. After that, The King and the Queen lived happily together.*