And it is filled!
He is astounded, and he said to himself that he would never want
anything any more. He goes on, and on, and on; and, after he had passed
some forests, he arrives at a fine castle. The king lived there. He
goes round, and round, and round it, looking at it with an impudent
air. The king says to him--
"What are you looking for?"
"To see your castle."
"You would wish, too, to have one like it?"
The lad does not answer. When the evening came, our lad takes out
his snuff-box, and it said to him,
"Que quieres?"
"Build here, on this very spot, a castle, with laths of gold and
silver, and diamond tiles, and with all its furniture of gold and
silver." [92]
As soon as he has said it, he sees in front of the king's castle
a castle like what he had asked for. When the king gets up in the
morning, he was astonished at this dazzling castle. His eyes were
blinded by the (reflection of the) rays of the sun which fell upon
it. The king went and said to him--
"You must be a man of great power, [93] and you must come to our
house, where we will live together. I have a daughter, too, and you
shall marry her."
They do as the king had said, and they lived all together in the
dazzling house. He was married to the king's daughter, and lived
happily.
Now, the king's wife was very envious of the lad and of his wife. She
knew, by her daughter, how that they had a snuff-box, and that it did
all that they wished. She intrigued with one of the servants to try and
take it from them; but they take great care (to conceal) where they put
the snuff-box away every evening. Nevertheless, at last she sees where
it is put, and in the middle of the night, while they slept, she takes
it from them, and carries it to her old mistress. What a joy for her!