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efore long she may like better to be mine than yours." -109- So he went to her. Then she asked him what he had to do that day. "Oh! not very dangerous work, I fancy," said the King's son. "I have only to go up the mountain-side after his horse." "Well, how do you mean to set about it?" asked the Master-maid. "Oh! there is no great art in riding a horse home," said the King's son. "I think I must have ridden friskier horses before now." "Yes, but it is not so easy a thing as you think to ride the horse home," said the Master-maid; "but I will teach you what to do. When you go near it, fire will burst out of its nostrils like flames from a pine torch; but be very careful, and take the bridle which is hanging by the door there, and fling the bit straight into his jaws, and then it will become so tame that you will be able to do what you like with it." He said he would bear this in mind, and then he again sat in there the whole day by the Mastermaid, and they chatted and talked of one thing and another, but the first thing and the last now was, how happy and delightful it would be if they could but marry each other, and get safely away from the giant; and the Prince would have forgotten both the mountain-side and the horse if the Master-maid had not reminded him of them as evening drew near, and said that now it would be better if he went to fetch the horse before the giant came. So he did this, and took the bridle which was hanging on a crook, and strode up the mountain-side, and it was not long before he met with the horse, and fire and red flames streamed forth out of its nostrils. But the youth carefully watched his opportunity, and just as it was rushing at him with open jaws he threw the bit straight into its mouth, and the horse stood as quiet as a young lamb, and there was no difficulty at all in getting it home to the stable. Then the Prince went back into his room again, and began to hum and to sing. Toward evening the giant came home. "Have you fetched the horse back from the mountain-side?" he asked.
-110- "That I have, master; it was an amusing horse to ride, but I rode him straight home, and put him in the stable too," said the Prince. "I will see about that," said the giant, and went out to the stable, but the horse was standing there just as the Prince had said. "You have certainly been talking with my Master-maid, for you never got that out of your own head," said the giant again. "Yesterday, master, you talked about this Master- maid, and today you are talking about her; ah, heaven bless you, master, why will you not show me the thing? for it would be a real pleasure to me to see it," said the Prince, who again pretended to be silly and stupid. "Oh! you will see her quite soon enough," said the giant. On the morning of the third day the giant again had to go into the wood with the goats. "Today you must go underground and fetch my taxes," he said to the Prince. "When you have done this, you may rest for the remainder of the day, for you shall see what an easy master you have come to," and then he went away. "Well, however easy a master you may be, you set me very hard work to do," thought the Prince; "but I will see if I cannot find your Master-maid; you say she is yours, but for all that she may be able to tell me what to do now," and he went back to her. So, when the Mastermaid asked him what the giant had set him to do that day, he told her that he was to go underground and get the taxes. "And how will you set about that?" said the Mastermaid . "Oh! you must tell me how to do it," said the Prince, "for I have never yet been underground, and even if I knew the way I do not know how much I am to demand." "Oh! yes, I will soon tell you that; you must go to the rock there under the mountain-ridge, and take the club that is there, and knock on the rocky wall," said the Master-maid. "Then someone will come out who will sparkle with fire; you shall tell him your errand, and when he asks you how much you want to have you are to say: 'As much as I can carry.' " "Yes, I will keep that in mind," said he, and then he
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efore long she may like better to be mine than yours."<br />
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So he went to her. Then she asked him what he had to do that day.<br />
"Oh! not very dangerous work, I fancy," said the King's son. "I have only to go up the mountain-side after his horse."<br />
"Well, how do you mean to set about it?" asked the Master-maid.<br />
"Oh! there is no great art in riding a horse home," said the King's son. "I think I must have ridden friskier horses before now."<br />
"Yes, but it is not so easy a thing as you think to ride the horse home," said the Master-maid; "but I will teach you what to do.<br />
When you go near it, fire will burst out of its nostrils like flames from a pine torch; but be very careful, and take the bridle<br />
which is hanging by the door there, and fling the bit straight into his jaws, and then it will become so tame that you will be able<br />
to do what you like with it." He said he would bear this in mind, and then he again sat in there the whole day by the<br />
Mastermaid, and they chatted and talked of one thing and another, but the first thing and the last now was, how happy and<br />
delightful it would be if they could but marry each other, and get safely away from the giant; and the Prince would have<br />
forgotten both the mountain-side and the horse if the Master-maid had not reminded him of them as evening drew near, and<br />
said that now it would be better if he went to fetch the horse before the giant came. So he did this, and took the bridle which<br />
was hanging on a crook, and strode up the mountain-side, and it was not long before he met with the horse, and fire and red<br />
flames streamed forth out of its nostrils. But the youth carefully watched his opportunity, and just as it was rushing at him with<br />
open jaws he threw the bit straight into its mouth, and the horse stood as quiet as a young lamb, and there was no difficulty at<br />
all in getting it home to the stable. Then the Prince went back into his room again, and began to hum and to sing.<br />
Toward evening the giant came home. "Have you fetched the horse back from the mountain-side?" he asked.
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