` After all , what do I want with so many ? I will keep the best , ' he said to himself ; and taking off first the copper crown and then the silver , he threw them away . ` Stay ! ' cried the horse , ` do not throw them away ! Perhaps we shall find them of use . Get down and pick them up . ' So Petru got down and picked them up , and they all went on . In the evening , when the sun is getting low , and all the midges are beginning to bite , Peter saw a wide heath stretching before him . At the same instant the horse stood still of itself . ` What is the matter ? ' asked Petru . ' I am afraid that something evil will happen to us , ' answered the horse . ` But why should it ? ' ` We are going to enter the kingdom of the goddess Mittwoch , -LRB- 2 -RRB- and the further we ride into it the colder we shall get . But all along the road there are huge fires , and I dread lest you should stop and warm yourself at them . ' -LRB- 2 -RRB- In German ` Mittwoch , ' the feminine form of Mercury . ` And why should I not warm myself ? ' ` Something fearful will happen to you if you do , ' replied the horse sadly . ` Well , forward ! ' cried Petru lightly , ` and if I have to bear cold , I must bear it ! '
With every step they went into the kingdom of XXXXX , the air grew colder and more icy , till even the marrow in their bones was frozen .
German Mittwoch Peter Petru evening fires first heath kingdom midges