Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

“ One sip is nothing.’
Then he yielded, and took a little sip.
About two o’clock he went down into the garden, and stood on the tan-heap to wait for the Raven. All at once he became so tired that he could not keep on his feet, and lay down for a moment, not meaning to go to sleep. But he had hardly stretched himself out, before his eyelids closed, and he fell fast asleep. He slept so soundly, that nothing in the world could have awakened him. ”

“ He went in and straight up the stairs into the gallery where the Maiden sat with a golden cup of wine before her.
But she could not see him because he had the cloak on.
He took that ring she had given him and dropped it into the cup, where it fell with a clink.
She cried: ‘That is my ring. The Man who is to deliver me must be here.’
They searched for him all over the castle, but could not find him, for he had gone outside, taken off the cloak, and mounted his horse. ”

“ If you eat or drink what she offers you, you will fall into a deep sleep, and then you will never be able to deliver me. There is a great heap of tan in the garden behind the house; you must stand on it and wait for me. I will come for three days in a coach drawn by four horses which, on the first day, will be white, on the second, chestnut, and on the last, black. ”