Then Dullhead claimed her as his bride , but the King , who did not much fancy him as a son-in-law , made all sorts of objections , and told him he must first find a man who could drink up a whole cellarful of wine . Dullhead bethought him of the little grey man , who could , he felt sure , help him ; so he went off to the forest , and on the very spot where he had cut down the tree he saw a man sitting with a most dismal expression of face . Dullhead asked him what he was taking so much to heart , and the man answered : ' I do n't know how I am ever to quench this terrible thirst I am suffering from . Cold water does n't suit me at all . To be sure I 've emptied a whole barrel of wine , but what is one drop on a hot stone ? ' ' I think I can help you , ' said Dullhead . ` Come with me , and you shall drink to your heart 's content . ' So he took him to the King 's cellar , and the man sat down before the huge casks and drank and drank till he drank up the whole contents of the cellar before the day closed . Then Dullhead asked once more for his bride , but the King felt vexed at the idea of a stupid fellow whom people called ` Dullhead ' carrying off his daughter , and he began to make fresh conditions . He required Dullhead to find a man who could eat a mountain of bread . Dullhead did not wait to consider long but went straight off to the forest , and there on the same spot sat a man who was drawing in a strap as tight as he could round his body , and making a most woeful face the while . Said he : ` I 've eaten up a whole oven full of loaves , but what 's the good of that to anyone who is as hungry as I am ? I declare my stomach feels quite empty , and I must draw my belt tight if I 'm not to die of starvation . ' Dullhead was delighted , and said : ` Get up and come with me , and you shall have plenty to eat , ' and he brought him to the King 's Court . Now the King had given orders to have all the flour in his kingdom brought together , and to have a huge mountain baked of it . But the man from the wood just took up his stand before the mountain and began to eat , and in one day it had all vanished . For the third time Dullhead asked for his bride , but again the King tried to make some evasion , and demanded a ship ` which could sail on land or water ! When you come sailing in such a ship , ' said he , ` you shall have my daughter without further delay . ' Again Dullhead started off to the forest , and there he found the little old grey man with whom he had shared his cake , and who said : ' I have eaten and I have drunk for you , and now I will give you the ship . I have done all this for you because you were kind and merciful to me . '
Then he gave Dullhead a ship which could sail on land or water , and when the XXXXX saw it he felt he could no longer refuse him his daughter .
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