The path led him into a wood, and here he saw two old ravens standing by their nest, and throwing out their young ones. "Out with you, you idle, good-for-nothing creatures!" cried they; "we cannot find food for you any longer; you are big enough, and can provide for yourselves." But the poor young ravens lay upon the ground, flapping their wings, and crying, "Oh, what helpless chicks we are! We must shift for ourselves, and yet we cannot fly! What can we do, but lie here and starve?" So the good young fellow alighted and killed his horse with his sword, and gave it to them for food. Then they came hopping up to it, satisfied their hunger, and cried, "We will remember you - one good turn deserves another!"

And now he had to use his own legs, and when he had walked a long way, he came to a large city. There was a great noise and crowd in the streets, and a man rode up on horseback, crying aloud, "The King's daughter wants a husband; but whoever sues for her hand must perform a hard task, and if he does not succeed he will forfeit his life." Many had already made the attempt, but in vain; nevertheless when the youth saw the King's daughter he was so overcome by her great beauty that he forgot all danger, went before the King, and declared himself a suitor.

这条小路把他带进了一座森林。 他看到两只老乌鸦站在窝边，正往外扔小乌鸦。 "你们这些好吃懒做、没有用的东西！都给我出去！"老乌鸦在骂着，"我们再也养不活你们了。你们都长这么大了，应该自己养活自己。"可那些小乌鸦一个个躺在地上，扑打着翅膀喊着："我们真是可怜啊！没有谁能帮助我们。要我们自己养活自己 ，可我们连飞都还不会啊！除了躺在这里饿死，我们还有什么别的法子呢？ "善良的青年从马背上跳下来，拔出宝剑把马杀了，留给小乌鸦当粮食。小乌鸦们立刻跳过来，一面吃一面叫道："我们会记住你的。好心自然会有好报！ "
他现在只能靠两条腿步行。他走了很长一段路后，来到了一座大城市。街上叽叽喳喳的围了一群人，一个人骑在马背上高声叫道："公主要选丈夫，但求婚者必须完成一项艰巨的任务，完不成就得送掉自己的性命。"许多人都已经尝试过了，可他们只是白白地送掉了性命。我们这位年轻人一看到公主，就被她的美貌迷住了，他忘记了危险，到国王面前去求婚。