~4. Finally (~endlich~) he met a thin, scrawny man who also offered himself, and him (~der~) he begged to come to (~zu~)‿the christening of the child, which was to be on Sunday.~ ~5. Now when (When now) the boy was fourteen (~vierzehn~) years old, the thin, scrawny fellow (~Kerl~), who was none other than (the) Death, gave the youngster a healing‿herb, which grew (~wachsen~) only in a certain (~gewiß~) dark forest. 6. “You shall become the most famous physician on earth,” he said. 7. “Use this herb whenever you see me standing (_infinitive_) at the head of your patient, and he will get well again. 8. But whenever I stand at his feet, he must die anyway (~doch~); and if you then (~dann~) use the herb, you will fare ill.”~ ~9. Now once (Once now) the king was so sick that his court‿physician had given him up. 10. Then (~da~) the king’s‿daughter sent for the famous physician and asked him whether (~ob~) he could (~können~; _pres. subj._) save her beloved father. 11. He saw (the) Death standing at the king’s feet, but with [the] assistance (~Hilfe~) of the servants he quickly turned the bed around, gave the king three drops of (~von~) the healing‿herb, and behold! (~siehe da!~) the king was saved.~ ~12. A year afterward the beautiful princess herself fell sick, and that (~zwar~) so seriously that the king said: “Whoever restores my dear daughter to health shall have her to‿(the) wife and be (become) king after me.”~ ~13. Once more the marvelous‿doctor cheated (the) Death out‿of (~um~) a patient, but this‿time (~diesmal~) (the) Death led him away into the cave where all [the] life-lights of (the) men burn. 14. When the youth asked (the) Death where his light was (_pres. subj._), (the) Death pointed to a little candle which (just,~ eben~) was‿about‿to (~wollen~) go out. 15. “Dear Godfather,” begged the doctor, “will you not at‿once set the little‿stump on a new, long candle? 16. I should so much like to (~möchte so gern~) marry the young princess!”~ ~17. (The) Death took the doctor’s candle in (the; _acc._) one hand and one of the longest in the other, but then (~dann~) he purposely let the little [one] fall (~fallen~), and it went out. 18. Hardly (~kaum~) had it gone out when (~so~, _with inversion_) the doctor too fell down and died.~ Der Schmied von Jüterbog.