Peter Christen Asbjørnsen,
Tales from the Fjeld — How to Win a Prince
(1908)
“ ONCE on a time there was a king's son who made love to a lass, but after they had become great friends and were as good as betrothed, the prince began to think little of her, and he got it into his head that she wasn't clever enough for him, and so he wouldn't have her. ”
