The yellow fairy book . right gold piece, that were stolenfrom me about a year ago. If you can bring them to me beforeChristmas I will give you my daughter in marriage. \yherc am I to look for them, then ? said King. That you must find out for yourself, said the King; I dontknow. Ring now left the King, and was very silent, for he saw he Masin a great difficulty: but, on the other hand, he tlmn^ht it wasexcellent to have such a chance of winning the Kings noticed that his master was at a loss, and said to him (hat heshould not disregard uli;it the King had asked him to do ; but
The yellow fairy book . right gold piece, that were stolenfrom me about a year ago. If you can bring them to me beforeChristmas I will give you my daughter in marriage. \yherc am I to look for them, then ? said King. That you must find out for yourself, said the King; I dontknow. Ring now left the King, and was very silent, for he saw he Masin a great difficulty: but, on the other hand, he tlmn^ht it wasexcellent to have such a chance of winning the Kings noticed that his master was at a loss, and said to him (hat heshould not disregard uli;it the King had asked him to do ; but hewould have to act upon his advice, otherwise he would get intogreat difficulties. The Prince assented to this, ami began to pre-pare for the journey. After he had taken leave of the King, and was setting out onthe search, Snati said to him, Now you must first of all go aboutthe neighbourhood, and gather as much salt as ever you can. ThePrince did so, and gathered so much salt that he could hardly carry 244 PRINCE KING. it; but Snati said, Throwit on my back, which heaccordingly did, and theDog then ran on before thePrince, until they cameto the foot of a steep cliff. We must go up here,said Snati. I dont think thatwill be childs play, saidthe Prince. Hold fast by my tail,said Snati; and in thisway he pulled King upon the lowest shelf of therock. The Prince beganto get giddy, but up wentSnati on to the secondshelf. Ring was nearlyswooning by this time,but Snati made a thirdeffort and reached the topof the cliff, where thePrince fell down in afaint. After a little, how-ever, he recovered again,and they went a shortdistance along a levelplain, until they cameto a cave. This was onChristmas Eve. Theywent up above the cave,and found a window init, through which theylooked, and saw four trollslying asleep beside thefire, over which a largeporridge-pot was hanging. Now you must emptyall the salt into the por-ridge-pot, said Snati. PRINCE RING 245 Ring did so, and soon the trolls wak
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