The yellow fairy book . hands on the mare andfoal and catch them. All turned out exactly as the sly fox had foreseen. The Princeswung himself on the mare, seized the foal by its bridle, and hurriedhome. \\hile lie was riding over the heath in tho highest of spirits themare suddenly said to her rider : You are the first person who hasever succeeded in outwitting the old witch Corva, and now youmay ask what reward you like for your service. If you promisent \er to betray me I will ^ive you a piece of advice which you willdo well to follow. The Prince promised never to betray her confidence, and
The yellow fairy book . hands on the mare andfoal and catch them. All turned out exactly as the sly fox had foreseen. The Princeswung himself on the mare, seized the foal by its bridle, and hurriedhome. \\hile lie was riding over the heath in tho highest of spirits themare suddenly said to her rider : You are the first person who hasever succeeded in outwitting the old witch Corva, and now youmay ask what reward you like for your service. If you promisent \er to betray me I will ^ive you a piece of advice which you willdo well to follow. The Prince promised never to betray her confidence, and themare continued : Ask nothing else as a reward than my foal, for ithas not its like in the world, and is not to bo bought for love ormoney; for it can ^o from one end of the earth to another in a fewminutes. Of course the cunning Corva will do her best to dissuade 176 THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS you from taking the foal, and will tell you that it is both idle andsickly; but do not believe her, and stick to your Iwanich seizes the Magician by his beard and dashes him to the ground Iwanich longed to possess such an animal, and promised themare to follow her advice. THE WITCH AND HER SERVANTS 177 This time Corva received him in the most friendly manner, andset a sumptuous repast before him. As soon as he had finishedshe asked him what reward he demanded for his years service. Nothing more nor less, replied the Prince, than the foal ofyour mare. The witch pretended to be much astonished at his request, andsaid that he deserved something much better than the foal, for thebeast was lazy and nervous, blind in one eye, and, in short, wasquite worthless. But the Prince knew what he wanted, and when the old witchsaw that he had made up his mind to have the foal, she said, Iam obliged to keep my promise and to hand you over the foal;and as I know who you are and what you want, I will tell you inwhat way the annual will be useful to you. The man in the caul-dron of boiling pitch,
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