He then got angry with himself , and , summoning up all his courage , tried it a third time , and opened the door of the room and stood firm . Then he saw that it was a big Dog , which spoke to him and said : ` Choose me , Prince Ring . ' The Prince went away rather afraid , thinking with himself that it was no great treasure after all ; but all the same what it had said to him stuck in his mind . It is not said how long the Prince stayed with the Giant , but one day the latter came to him and said he would now take him over to the mainland out of the island , for he himself had no long time to live . He also thanked him for his good service , and told him to choose some-one of his possessions , for he would get whatever he wanted . Ring thanked him heartily , and said there was no need to pay him for his services , they were so little worth ; but if he did wish to give him anything he would choose what was in the parlour . The Giant was taken by surprise , and said : ` There , you chose my old woman 's right hand ; but I must not break my word . ' Upon this he went to get the Dog , which came running with signs of great delight ; but the Prince was so much afraid of it that it was all he could do to keep from showing his alarm . After this the Giant accompanied him down to the sea , where he saw a stone boat which was just big enough to hold the two of them and the Dog . On reaching the mainland the Giant took a friendly farewell of Ring , and told him he might take possession of all that was in the island after he and his wife died , which would happen within two weeks from that time . The Prince thanked him for this and for all his other kindnesses , and the Giant returned home , while Ring went up some distance from the sea ; but he did not know what land he had come to , and was afraid to speak to the Dog . After he had walked on in silence for a time the Dog spoke to him and said : ` You do n't seem to have much curiosity , seeing you never ask my name . ' The Prince then forced himself to ask , ` What is your name ? ' ` You had best call me Snati-Snati , ' said the Dog . ` Now we are coming to a King 's seat , and you must ask the King to keep us all winter , and to give you a little room for both of us . ' The Prince now began to be less afraid of the Dog . They came to the King and asked him to keep them all the winter , to which he agreed . When the King 's men saw the Dog they began to laugh at it , and make as if they would tease it ; but when the Prince saw this he advised them not to do it , or they might have the worst of it . They replied that they did n't care a bit what he thought . After Ring had been with the King for some days the latter began to think there was a great deal in him , and esteemed him more than the others .
The King , however , had a counsellor called Red , who became very jealous when he saw how much the King esteemed Ring ; and one day he talked to him , and said he could not understand why he had so good an opinion of this stranger , who had not yet shown himself superior XXXXX other men in anything .
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