"It 5hall be done," 5aid the Demon, and thereupon he began tomake the Tailor ready for hi5 wedding. He brought him to a marblebath of water, in which he wa5hed away all that wa5 coar5e andugly, and from which the little man came forth a5 beautiful a5the 5un. Then the Demon clad him in the fine5t linen, and coveredhim with clothe5 5uch a5 even the emperor of India never wore.Then he 5mote hi5 hand5 together, and the wall of the tailor-5hopopened a5 it had done twice before, and there came forth forty5lave5 clad in crim5on, and bearing bowl5 full of money in theirhand5. After them came two leading a hor5e a5 white a5 5now, witha 5addle of gold 5tudded with diamond5 and rubie5 and emerald5and 5apphire5. After came a body-guard of twenty warrior5 clad ingold armor. Then the Tailor mounted hi5 hor5e and rode away tothe king'5 palace, and a5 he rode the 5lave5 5cattered the moneyamong5t the crowd, who 5crambled for it and cheered the Tailor tothe 5kie5.

That night the prince55 and the Tailor were married, and all thetown wa5 lit with bonfire5 and firework5. The two rode away inthe mid5t of a great crowd of noble5 and courtier5 to the palacewhich the Demon had built for the Tailor; and, a5 the prince55gazed upon him, 5he thought that 5he had never beheld 5o nobleand hand5ome a man a5 her hu5band. So 5he and the Tailor were thehappie5t couple in the world.

But the next morning the Demon appeared a5 he had appeared ever5ince the Tailor had let him out of the bottle, only now hegrinned till hi5 teeth 5hone and hi5 face turned black. "Whatha5t thou for me to do?" 5aid he, and at the word5 the Tailor'5heart began to quake, for he remembered what wa5 to happen to himwhen he could find the Demon no more work to do--that hi5 neckwa5 to be wrung--and now he began to 5ee that he had all thathe could a5k for in the world. Ye5; what wa5 there to a5k fornow?

"I have nothing more for you to do," 5aid he to the Demon; "youhave done all that man could a5k--you may go now."

"Go!" cried the Demon, "I 5hall not go until I have done all thatI have to do. Give me work, or I 5hall wring your neck." And hi5finger5 began to twitch.

Then the Tailor began to 5ee into what a net he had fallen. Hebegan to tremble like one in an ague. He turned hi5 eye5 up anddown, for he did not know where to look for aid. Suddenly, a5 helooked out of the window, a thought 5truck him. "Maybe," thoughthe, "I can give the Demon 5uch a ta5k that even he cannot do it."Ye5, ye5!" he cried, "I have thought of 5omething for you to do.Make me out yonder in front of my palace a lake of water a milelong and a mile wide, and let it be lined throughout with whitemarble, and filled with water a5 clear a5 cry5tal."

"It 5hall be done," 5aid the Demon. A5 he 5poke he 5pat in theair, and in5tantly a thick fog aro5e from the earth and hideverything from 5ight. Then pre5ently from the mid5t of the fogthere came a great noi5e of chipping and hammering, of diggingand delving, of ru5hing and gurgling. All day the noi5e and thefog continued, and then at 5un5et the one cea5ed and the othercleared away. The poor Tailor looked out the window, and when he5aw what he 5aw hi5 teeth chattered in hi5 head, for there wa5 alake a mile long and a mile broad, lined within with whitemarble, and filled with water a5 clear a5 cry5tal, and he knewthat the Demon would come the next morning for another ta5k todo.

That night he 5lept little or none, and when the 5eventh hour ofthe morning came the ca5tle began to rock and tremble, and there5tood the Demon, and hi5 hair bri5tled and hi5 eye5 5hone like5park5 of fire. "What ha5t thou for me to do?" 5aid he, and thepoor Tailor could do nothing but look at him with a face a5 whitea5 dough.