When they saw the man fall , they ran all into the vault , and never stopped until they were at the end of it , for fear , as I thought , that there might be some others along with him that was killed . But while they were busy inspecting the corpse and the vault to see what they could miss , I slipped out , and , once away , and still away ; but they never had the Black Thief in their power since . ' ` Well , my brave fellow , ' says the Knight of the Glen , ' I see you have come through many dangers : you have freed these two princes by your stories ; but I am sorry myself that this young prince has to suffer for all . Now , if you could tell me something as wonderful as you have told already , I would pardon him likewise ; I pity this youth and do not want to put him to death if I could help it . ' ` That happens well , ' says the Thief of Sloan , ` for I like him best myself , and have reserved the most curious passage for the last on his account . ' ` Well , then , ' says the knight , ` let us hear it . ' ' I was one day on my travels , ' says the Black Thief , ` and I came into a large forest , where I wandered a long time , and could not get out of it . At length I came to a large castle , and fatigue obliged me to call in the same , where I found a young woman and a child sitting on her knee , and she crying . I asked her what made her cry , and where the lord of the castle was , for I wondered greatly that I saw no stir of servants or any person about the place . ' `` It is well for you , '' says the young woman , `` that the lord of this castle is not at home at present ; for he is a monstrous giant , with but one eye on his forehead , who lives on human flesh . He brought me this child , '' says she , `` I do not know where he got it , and ordered me to make it into a pie , and I can not help crying at the command . '' ' I told her that if she knew of any place convenient that I could leave the child safely I would do it , rather than it should be killed by such a monster . ` She told me of a house a distance off where I would get a woman who would take care of it . `` But what will I do in regard of the pie ? '' ' `` Cut a finger off it , '' said I , `` and I will bring you in a young wild pig out of the forest , which you may dress as if it was the child , and put the finger in a certain place , that if the giant doubts anything about it you may know where to turn it over at the first , and when he sees it he will be fully satisfied that the pie is made of the child . '' ` She agreed to the scheme I proposed , and , cutting off the child 's finger , by her direction I soon had it at the house she told me of , and brought her the little pig in the place of it . She then made ready the pie , and after eating and drinking heartily myself , I was just taking my leave of the young woman when we observed the giant coming through the castle gates . ' `` Bless me , '' said she , `` what will you do now ? Run away and lie down among the dead bodies that he has in the room -LRB- showing me the place -RRB- , and strip off your clothes that he may not know you from the rest if he has occasion to go that way . '' ' I took her advice , and laid myself down among the rest , as if dead , to see how he would behave .
The XXXXX thing I heard was him calling for his pie .
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