"Never mind," said the old woman, to satisfy her;" when the time comes, I shall be at hand." After a while the Queen brought a beautiful baby-boy into the world, and that day the King was out hunting. The old witch took the shape of the bedchamber woman, and went into the room where the Queen lay, and said to her, "Come, the bath is ready; it will give you refreshment and new strength. Quick, or it will be cold." Her daughter was within call, so they carried the sick Queen into the bath-room, and left her there. And in the bath-room they had made a great fire, so as to suffocate the beautiful young Queen.

When that was managed, the old woman took her daughter, put a cap on her, and laid her in the bed in the Queen's place, gave her also the Queen's form and countenance, only she could not restore the lost eye. So, in order that the King might not remark it, she had to lie on the side where there was no eye. In the evening, when the King came home and heard that a little son was born to him, he rejoiced with all his heart, and was going at once to his dear wife's bedside to see how she did. Then the old woman cried hastily, "For your life, do not draw back the curtains, to let in the light upon her; she must be kept quiet." So the King went away, and never knew that a false Queen was lying in the bed.

"别闹，"
老婆子安慰她说，"等时候一到，我会让你如愿的。"
不久，王后生下了一个漂亮的男孩，而国王碰巧外出打猎去了。 老巫婆便打扮成一个使女，走进王后的卧室，对她说："来吧，洗澡水已经烧好了。洗一洗对你有好处，能使你恢复精力。快点，不然水就要凉了。"
她的亲生女儿也在旁边，于是母女俩把虚弱的王后抬进洗澡间，把她放进澡盆，然后锁上门跑了。 她们在洗澡间里生了一堆熊熊燃烧的旺火，不一会儿就使年轻漂亮的王后窒息而死。
然后，老婆子拉着她的女儿，给她戴上一顶睡帽，让她躺到王后的床上。她还让她的女儿有了王后一样的身材和长相，只是她无法给女儿一只眼睛。为了不让国王看出破绽，她只好侧着身子，向着没有眼睛的那一边睡。
傍晚，国王回到家中，得知王后给他生了个儿子，心中非常高兴，马上要去床边看看他亲爱的妻子。可是老婆子立刻叫道："千万不要拉开窗帘！王后还不能见光，需要好好休息！"国王走了出去，没有发觉床上躺着的是个假王后。