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Ring thanked the King courteously for this and all his other kindnesses, and as soon as he had finished eating and drinking in the hall went off to sleep in his own room. Snati, however, asked permission to sleep in the Prince's bed for that night, while the Prince should sleep where the Dog usually lay. Ring said he was welcome to do so, and that he deserved more from him than that came to.
They went up above the cave, and found a window in it, through which they looked, and saw four trolls lying asleep beside the fire, over which a large porridge-pot was hanging. 'Now you must empty all the salt into the porridge-pot, said Snati. Ring did so, and soon the trolls wakened up. The old hag, who was the most frightful of them all, went first to taste the porridge.
Ring got the two axes, and each went his own way; but when the Prince had got out into the wood Snati took one of the axes and began to hew along with him. In the evening the King came to look over their day's work, as Red had proposed, and found that Ring's wood-heap was more than twice as big. 'I suspected, said the King, 'that Ring was not quite useless; never have I seen such a day's work.
Snati noticed that his master was at a loss, and said to him that he should not disregard what the King had asked him to do; but he would have to act upon his advice, otherwise he would get into great difficulties. The Prince assented to this, and began to prepare for the journey.
'Now we must go in at once, said Snati, 'and try to master her there, for if she once gets out we shall have no chance with her. She is the worst witch that ever lived, and no iron can cut her. One of us must pour boiling porridge out of the pot on her, and the other punch her with red-hot iron.
As soon as Ring came in sight of the oxen they came bellowing to meet him; one of them was tremendously big, the other rather less. Ring grew terribly afraid. 'How do you like them? asked Snati. 'Not well at all, said the Prince. 'We can do nothing else, said Snati, 'than attack them, if it is to go well; you will go against the little one, and I shall take the other.
After he had taken leave of the King, and was setting out on the search, Snati said to him, 'Now you must first of all go about the neighbourhood, and gather as much salt as ever you can. The Prince did so, and gathered so much salt that he could hardly carry it; but Snati said, 'Throw it on my back, which he accordingly did, and the Dog then ran on before the Prince, until they came to the foot of a steep cliff.
'I think you may just as well do that, said he, 'since you won't grant me such a little favour. 'Take it, then, you utter disgrace! said the old hag, 'since you are just like these two brats. The old troll now went out with the gold chess-board, and down to the river, and was about to take a drink, when Ring and Snati came upon him, took the chess-board from him, and threw him into the river.
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