Faithful John · page 21 2101And as soon as he had sprinkled the statue with blood, life came back to it, and the trusty John stood again alive and well before him, and said, "Your faith shall not go unrewarded"; and taking the heads of the two children he set them on again, and anointed their wounds with their blood, and thereupon they healed again in a moment, and the children sprang away and played as if nothing had happened.102Now the King was full of happiness, and as soon as he saw the Queen coming, he hid the faithful John and both the children in a great closet.103As soon as she came in he said to her, "Have you prayed in the church?" "104Yes," she answered; "but I thought continually of the faithful John, who has come to such misfortune through us."105Then he replied, "My dear wife, we can restore his life again to him, but it will cost us both our little sons, whom we must sacrifice."106The Queen became pale and was terrified at heart, but she said, "We are guilty of his life on account of his great fidelity."107Then he was very glad that she thought as he did, and going up to the closet, he unlocked it, brought out the children and the faithful John, saying, "God be praised! he is saved, and we have still our little sons"; and then he told her all that happened.108Afterward they lived happily together to the end of their days.1 2← previousThe Golden Goosenext →The Water of Life↑ back to Grimm's Fairy StoriesThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/page/2/