But the King said, “That is not true, for it was much better than usual, and cooked differently.”

He answered, “I must acknowledge that I did not make it, it was made by the rough animal.”

The King said, “Go and bid it come up here.”

When Allerleirauh came, the King said, “Who art thou?”

“I am a poor girl who no longer has any father or mother.”

He asked further, “Of what use art thou in my palace?”

She answered, “I am good for nothing but to have boots thrown at my head.”

He continued, “Where didst thou get the ring which was in the soup?”

She answered, “I know nothing about the ring.” So the King could learn nothing, and had to send her away again.