`` Oh ! not very dangerous work , I fancy , '' said the King 's son . `` I have only to go up the mountain-side after his horse . '' `` Well , how do you mean to set about it ? '' asked the Master-maid . `` Oh ! there is no great art in riding a horse home , '' said the King 's son . `` I think I must have ridden friskier horses before now . '' `` Yes , but it is not so easy a thing as you think to ride the horse home , '' said the Master-maid ; `` but I will teach you what to do . When you go near it , fire will burst out of its nostrils like flames from a pine torch ; but be very careful , and take the bridle which is hanging by the door there , and fling the bit straight into his jaws , and then it will become so tame that you will be able to do what you like with it . '' He said he would bear this in mind , and then he again sat in there the whole day by the Master-maid , and they chatted and talked of one thing and another , but the first thing and the last now was , how happy and delightful it would be if they could but marry each other , and get safely away from the giant ; and the Prince would have forgotten both the mountain-side and the horse if the Master-maid had not reminded him of them as evening drew near , and said that now it would be better if he went to fetch the horse before the giant came . So he did this , and took the bridle which was hanging on a crook , and strode up the mountain-side , and it was not long before he met with the horse , and fire and red flames streamed forth out of its nostrils . But the youth carefully watched his opportunity , and just as it was rushing at him with open jaws he threw the bit straight into its mouth , and the horse stood as quiet as a young lamb , and there was no difficulty at all in getting it home to the stable . Then the Prince went back into his room again , and began to hum and to sing . Toward evening the giant came home . `` Have you fetched the horse back from the mountain-side ? '' he asked . `` That I have , master ; it was an amusing horse to ride , but I rode him straight home , and put him in the stable too , '' said the Prince . `` I will see about that , '' said the giant , and went out to the stable , but the horse was standing there just as the Prince had said . `` You have certainly been talking with my Master-maid , for you never got that out of your own head , '' said the giant again .
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