Then the gold was brought up and the wedding celebrated; but howsoever much the young king loved his wife, and however happy he was, he still said always "If I could but shudder - if I could but shudder." And at last she was angry at this. Her waiting-maid said, "I will find a cure for him; he shall soon learn what it is to shudder." She went out to the stream which flowed through the garden, and had a whole bucketful of gudgeons brought to her. At night when the young king was sleeping, his wife was to draw the clothes off him and empty the bucketful of cold water with the gudgeons in it over him, so that the little fishes would sprawl about him. When this was done, he woke up and cried "Oh, what makes me shudder so? What makes me shudder so, dear wife? Ah! now I know what it is to shudder!"

黄金被取出来后，就举行了婚礼。 小伙子非常爱他的妻子，感到生活无比幸福，可是他仍然不停地唠叨："我要是会害怕该多好啊！我要是会害怕该多好啊！"对此他年轻的妻子终于恼火了，于是她的贴身丫环对她说，"我来想个办法，准叫他学会害怕。"
说罢她来到流经花园的小溪边，让人把满满一桶虾虎鱼放到屋里，然后告诉她的女主人，等到她丈夫夜里熟睡时，把被子掀开，再把桶里的鱼和水一古脑倒在他身上，这样一来，虾虎鱼就会在他全身乱蹦乱跳。
果然小伙子一下子就惊醒了，大喊大叫："我害怕！哎呀，哎呀！到底是什么使我害怕的呀？亲爱的，这下我可知道害怕是怎么回事啦！"