When the youth saw that , he was not long in getting down from the tree and flinging the bridle over the horse 's head , and then he became so tame that he might have been led by a thin string . This horse was dappled too , and so like Dapplegrim that no one could distinguish the one from the other . The youth seated himself on the dappled horse which he had captured , and rode home again to the King 's palace , and Dapplegrim ran loose by his side . When he got there , the King was standing outside in the courtyard . ` Can you tell me which is the horse I have caught , and which is the one I had before ? ' said the youth . ` If you ca n't , I think your daughter is mine . ' The King went and looked at both the dappled horses ; he looked high and he looked low , he looked before and he looked behind , but there was not a hair 's difference between the two . ` No , ' said the King ; ` that I can not tell thee , and as thou hast procured such a splendid bridal horse for my daughter thou shalt have her ; but first we must have one more trial , just to see if thou art fated to have her . She shall hide herself twice , and then thou shalt hide thyself twice . If thou canst find her each time that she hides herself , and if she can not find thee in thy hiding-places , then it is fated , and thou shalt have the Princess . ' ` That , too , was not in our bargain , ' said the youth . ` But we will make this trial since it must be so . ' So the King 's daughter was to hide herself first . Then she changed herself into a duck , and lay swimming in a lake that was just outside the palace . But the youth went down into the stable and asked Dapplegrim what she had done with herself . ` Oh , all that you have to do is to take your gun , and go down to the water and aim at the duck which is swimming about there , and she will soon discover herself , ' said Dapplegrim . The youth snatched up his gun and ran to the lake . ' I will just have a shot at that duck , ' said he , and began to aim at it . ` Oh , no , dear friend , do n't shoot !
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