Chapter 57.1

"l was to come here for the giant, and demand the tax for him," said the King's son,

"How much are you to have then?" said the Other,

"l ask for no more than I am able to carry with me," said the Prince.

"It is well for you that you have not asked for a horse-load," said he who had come out Of the rock. "But now come in with me,"

This the Prince did, and what a quantity Of gold and silver he saw! It was lying inside the mountain like heaps of stones in a waste place, and he got a load that was as large as he was able to carry, and with that he went his way. So in the evening, when the giant came home with the goats, the Prince went into the chamber and hummed and sang again as he had done on the other two evenings.

"Have you been for the tax?" said the giant.

'Yes, that I have, master," said the Prince.

"Where have you put it then?" said the giant again.

'The bag of gold is standing there on the bench,"