292 SLAV TALES

to kill her if she betrayed them. As for these bad men,
they shook from head to foot, and trembled like leaves
in the wind. The indignant king ordered them to be
executed then and there.

Not very long after these events the youngest prince
married the beautiful Zlato-Vlaska, and the king gave him
half of his kingdom as a wedding present. When the old
king died he reigned in his stead, and lived happily with
the princess ever after.