Old Rinkrank. There was once upon a time a king who had a daughter, and he caused a glass mountain to be made, and said that whosoever could cross to the other side of it without falling should have his daughter to wife. Then there was one who loved the king's daughter, and he asked the king if he might have her. Yes, said the king, if you can cross the mountain without falling, you shall have her. And the princess said she would go over it with him, and would hold him if he were about to fall. So they set out together to go over it, and when they were half way up the princess slipped and fell, and the glass mountain opened and shut her up inside it, and her betrothed could not see where she had gone, for the mountain closed immediately. Then he wept and lamented much, and the king was miserable too, and ordered the mountain to be broken open where she had been lost, and thought he would be able to get her out again, but they could not find the place into which she had fallen.	Oll Rinkrank Dar war mal 'n König wän, un de har 'n Dochter hat: und de har 'n glasen Barg maken laten, un har segt, de dar över lopen kun, an to vallen, de schull sin Dochter to 'n Fro hebben. Do is dar ok en, de mag de Königsdochter so gärn liden, de vragt den König, of he sin Dochter nich hebben schal. 'Ja,' segt de König, 'wenn he dar över den Barg lopen kan, an dat he valt, den schal he är hebben.' Do segt de Königsdochter, den wil se dar mit hüm över lopen und wil hüm hollen, wen he war vallen schul. Do lopt se dar mit ,nanner över, un as se dar miden up sünt, do glit de Königsdochter ut un valt, un de Glasbarg, de deit sick apen, un se schütt darin hendal: un de Brögam, de kan nich sen, war se herdör kamen is, den de Barg het sick glick wär to dan. Do jammert un went he so väl, un de König is ok so trorig un let den Barg dar wedder weg bräken un ment, he wil är wedder ut krigen, man se könt de Stä ni finnen, wär se hendal vallen is.
Meanwhile the king's daughter had fallen quite deep down into the earth into a great cave. An old fellow with a very long gray beard came to meet her, and told her that if she would be his servant and do everything he bade her, she might live, if not he would kill her. So she did all he bade her. In the mornings he took his ladder out of his pocket, and set it up against the mountain and climbed to the top by its help, and then he drew the ladder after him. The princess had to cook his dinner, make his bed, and do all his work, and when he came home again he always brought with him a heap of gold and silver. When she had lived with him for many years, and had grown quite old, he called her mother Mansrot, and she had to call him old Rinkrank. Then once when he was out, and she had made his bed and washed his dishes, she shut the doors and windows all fast, and there was one little window through which the light shone in, and this she left open. When old Rinkrank came home, he knocked at his door, and cried, mother Mansrot, open the door for me. No, said she, old Rinkrank, I will not open the door for you. Then he said,	Ünnertüsken is de Königsdochter ganz dep in de Grunt in 'n grote Höl kamen. Do kumt är dar 'n ollen Kärl mit 'n ganzen langen grauen Bart to möt, un de segt, wen se sin Magd wäsen wil und all don, wat he bevelt, den schal se läven bliven, anners will he är ümbringen. Do deit se all, war he är segt. ,s Morgens, den kricht he sin Ledder ut de Task un legt de an den Barg un sticht darmit to 'n Barg henut: un den lukt he de Ledder na sick ümhoch mit sick henup. Un den mut se sin Äten kaken und sin Bedd maken un all sin Arbeit don, un den, wen he wedder in Hus kumt, den bringt he alltit 'n Hüpen Golt un Sülver mit. As se al väl Jaren bi em wäsen is un al ganz olt wurden is, da het he är Fro Mansrot, un se möt hüm oll Rinkrank heten. Do is he ok ins enmal ut, do makt se hüm sin Bedd un waskt sin Schöttels, un do makt se de Dören un Vensters all dicht to, un do is dar so 'n Schuf wäsen, war 't Lecht herin schint het, da let se apen. As d' oll Rinkrank do wedder kumt, so klopt he an sin Dör und röpt 'Fro Mansrot, do mi d' Dör apen.' 'Na,' segt se, 'ik do di, oll Rinkrank, d' Dör nich apen.' Do segt he
here stand I, poor Rinkrank, on my seventeen long shanks, on my weary, worn-out foot, wash my dishes, mother Mansrot. I have washed your dishes already, said she. Then again he said, here stand I, poor Rinkrank, on my seventeen long shanks, on my weary, worn-out foot, make my bed, mother Mansrot. I have made your bed already, said she.	'hir sta ik arme Rinkrank up min söventein senen lank' up min en vergüllen Vot, Fro Mansrot, wask mi d' Schöttels.' 'Ik heb din Schöttels al wusken,' segt se. Do segt he wedder 'hir sta ik arme Rinkrank up min söventein Benen lank, up min en vergüllen Vot, Fro Mansrot, mak mi 't Bedd.' 'Ik heb din Bedd all makt,' segt se.
Then again he said, here stand I, poor Rinkrank, on my seventeen long shanks, on my weary, worn-out foot, open the door, mother Mansrot.	Do segt he wedder 'hir sta ik arme Rinkrank up min söventein senen lank, up min en vergüllen Vot, Fro Mansrot, do mi d' Dör apen.
Then he ran all round his house, and saw that the little window was open, and thought, I will look in and see what she can be about, and why she will not open the door for me. He tried to peep in, but could not get his head through because of his long beard. So he first put his beard through the open window, but just as he had got it through, mother Mansrot came by and pulled the window down with a cord which she had tied to it, and his beard was shut fast in it. Then he began to cry most piteously, for it hurt him very much, and to entreat her to release him again. But she said not until he gave her the ladder with which he ascended the mountain. Then, whether he would or not, he had to tell her where the ladder was. And she fastened a very long ribbon to the window, and then she set up the ladder, and ascended the mountain, and when she was at the top of it she opened the window. She went to her father, and told him all that had happened to her. The king rejoiced greatly, and her betrothed was still there, and they went and dug up the mountain, and found old Rinkrank inside it with all his gold and silver. Then the king had old Rinkrank put to death, and took all his gold and silver. The princess married her betrothed, and lived right happily in great magnificence and joy.	Do löpt he all runt üm sin Hus to un süt, dat de lütke Luk dar apen is, do denkt he 'du schast doch ins tosen, wat se dar wol makt, warüm dat se mi d' Dör wol nich apen don wil.' Do wil he dar dör kiken un kan den Kop dar ni dör krigen van sin langen Bart. Do stekt he sin Bart dar erst dör de Luk, un as he de dar hendör het, do geit Fro Mansrot bi un schuft de Luk grad to mit'n Bant, de se dar an bunnen het, un de Bart blift darin vast sitten. Do fangt he so jammerlik an to kriten, dat deit üm so sär: un do bidd't he är, se mag üm wedder los laten. Do segt se, er nich as bet he är de Ledder deit, war he mit to'n Barg herut sticht. Do mag he willen oder nich, he mot är seggen, war de Ledder is. Do bint se 'n ganzen langen Bant dar an de Schuf, un do legt se de Ledder an un sticht to 'n Barg herut: un as se baven is, do lukt se de Schuf apen. Do geit se na är Vader hen und vertelt, wo dat är all gan is. Do freut de König sick so, un är Brögam is dar ok noch, un do gat se hen un gravt den Barg up un finnt den ollen Rinkrank mit all sin Golt ün Sülver darin. Do let de König den ollen Rinkrank dot maken, und all sin Sülver un Golt nimt he mit. Do kricht de Königsdochter den ollen Brögam noch ton Mann, un se lävt recht vergnögt un herrlich un in Freuden.