Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans: samenvatting

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1. The boy repeatedly lets something enter a guarded well, gains golden hair, and must leave, though Iron Hans promises help.
2. He becomes a gardener’s boy and hides his hair, but the princess discovers it and repeatedly gives him money.
3. Iron Hans supplies a powerful horse and soldiers, allowing the youth to defeat the king’s enemies without revealing his identity.
4. Disguised in different armor, he catches three golden apples; pursuing attendants wound him and glimpse his hair.
5. His apples and wound establish his identity; he marries the princess, reunites with his parents, and receives the freed Iron Hans’s promise of treasure.

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The wedding guest reveals that the frightening wild man is a king under enchantment. His words connect the boy’s act of release with his own restored identity.

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