After the hunting party had started she hid Sigurd under her bed , and bade him be sure to lie there till she called him . Sigurd lay very still for a long while , and was just thinking it was no good staying there any more , when he felt the floor shake under him as if there were an earthquake , and peeping out he saw a great giantess wading along ankle deep through the ground and ploughing it up as she walked . ` Good morning , Sister Ingiborg , ' cried she as she entered the room , ` is Prince Sigurd at home ? ' ` No , ' said Ingiborg ; ` he rode off to the forest with his father this morning . ' And she laid the table for her sister and set food before her . After they had both done eating the giantess said : ` Thank you , sister , for your good dinner -- the best lamb , the best can of beer and the best drink I have ever had ; but -- is not Prince Sigurd at home ? ' Ingiborg again said ` No ' ; and the giantess took leave of her and went away . When she was quite out of sight Ingiborg told Sigurd to come out of his hiding-place . The king returned home at night , but his wife told him nothing of what had happened , and the next morning she again begged the prince to go out hunting with his father . Sigurd , however , replied as before , that he would much rather stay at home . So once more the king rode off alone . This time Ingiborg hid Sigurd under the table , and scolded him well for not doing as she bade him . For some time he lay quite still , and then suddenly the floor began to shake , and a giantess came along wading half way to her knees through the ground . As she entered the house she asked , as the first one had done : ` Well , Sister Ingiborg , is Prince Sigurd at home ? ' ` No , ' answered Ingiborg , ' he rode off hunting with his father this morning ' ; and going to the cupboard she laid the table for her sister . When they had finished their meal the giantess rose and said : ` Thank you for all these nice dishes , and for the best lamb , the best can of beer and the nicest drink I have ever had ; but -- is Prince Sigurd really not at home ? ' ` No , certainly not ! ' replied Ingiborg ; and with that they took leave of each other . When she was well out of sight Sigurd crept from under the table , and his stepmother declared that it was most important that he should not stay at home next day ; but he said he did not see what harm could come of it , and he did not mean to go out hunting , and the next morning , when the king prepared to start , Ingiborg implored Sigurd to accompany his father . But it was all no use , he was quite obstinate and would not listen to a word she said .
` You will have to hide me again , ' said he , so no sooner had the king gone than Ingiborg hid XXXXX between the wall and the panelling , and by-and-by there was heard once more a sound like an earthquake , as a great giantess , wading knee deep through the ground , came in at the door .
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