When they go into the castle together, a wrought bridal garment will be lying there in a dish, and looking as if it were woven of gold and silver; it is, however, nothing but sulphur and pitch, and if he put it on, it will burn him to the very bone and marrow." Said the third, "Is there no escape at all?" - "Oh, yes," replied the second, "if any one with gloves on seizes the garment and throws it into the fire and burns it, the young King will be saved. "But what avails that?" Whosoever knows it and tells it to him, half his body will become stone from the knee to the heart." Then said the third, "I know still more; even if the bridal garment be burnt, the young King will still not have his bride. After the wedding, when the dancing begins and the young queen is dancing, she will suddenly turn pale and fall down as if dead, and if some one does not lift her up and draw three drops of blood from her right breast and spit them out again, she will die. But if any one who knows that were to declare it, he would become stone from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot." When the ravens had spoken of this together, they flew onwards, and Faithful John had well understood everything, but from that time forth he became quiet and sad, for if he concealed what he had heard from his master, the latter would be unfortunate, and if he discovered it to him, he himself must sacrifice his life. At length, however, he said to himself, "I will save my master, even if it bring destruction on myself."

因为当他们一起走进王宫时，就会看到睡椅上有一套新婚礼服，那套礼服看起来就像用金子和银子编织而成的，其实那都是一些硫磺和沥膏。只要他穿上那套礼服，礼服就会把他烧死，一直烧到骨髓里面去。"第三只渡鸦说道："哎呀呀！难道就没救了吗？"第二只渡鸦说："哦！有，有！如果有人抢上前去，抓起礼服把它们扔进火盆里去，年青的国王就得救了。但那有什么用呢？要是有谁知道，并告诉了这个人，他按这种办法救了国王，那他的身体从膝盖到胸部都会变成石头，谁又会这样干呢？"第三只渡鸦又说道："还有，还有！我知道的还要多一些哩！即使礼服被烧掉了，但国王仍然娶不成新娘。因为，在结婚典礼之后，当舞会开始时，只要年青的王后上去跳舞，她马上会倒在地上，脸色苍白得像死人一样。不过，这时要是有人上前扶起她，从她的右乳房中吸出三滴血，她才不会死去。但要是有谁知道这些，又将这个方法告诉某个人，这个人按这个方法救了新娘，那他的身体从脚尖到头顶都会变成石头。"接着，渡鸦拍着翅膀飞走了。 忠实的约翰已听懂了一切，他开始犯愁了，可他并没有把他听到的事情告诉他的主人。 因为他知道如果告诉了他，他一定会舍生救自己，最后他自言自语地说："我一定要忠实地执行我的诺言，那怕付出自己的生命也要救我的主人。"