The next morning the lad felt hungry , and thought he would cut off a piece of the loaf he had carried away from the Giants ' wedding feast , and eat it . But although he tried with all his might , he could n't cut off the smallest piece . Then in despair he bit the loaf , and what was his astonishment when a piece of gold fell out of his mouth and rolled at his feet . He bit the bread a second and third time , and each time a piece of gold fell out of his mouth ; but the bread remained untouched . The Herd-boy was very much delighted over his stroke of good fortune , and , hiding the magic loaf in his bag , he hurried off to the nearest village to buy himself something to eat , and then returned to his sheep . Now the Lord whose sheep the Herd-boy looked after had a very lovely daughter , who always smiled and nodded to the youth when she walked with her father in his fields . For a long time the Herd-boy had made up his mind to prepare a surprise for this beautiful creature on her birthday . So when the day approached he put on his invisible belt , took a sack of gold pieces with him , and slipping into her room in the middle of the night , he placed the bag of gold beside her bed and returned to his sheep . The girl 's joy was great , and so was her parents ' next day when they found the sack full of gold pieces . The Herd-boy was so pleased to think what pleasure he had given that the next night he placed another bag of gold beside the girl 's bed . And this he continued to do for seven nights , and the girl and her parents made up their minds that it must be a good Fairy who brought the gold every night . But one night they determined to watch , and see from their hiding place who the bringer of the sack of gold really was . On the eighth night a fearful storm of wind and rain came on while the Herd-boy was on his way to bring the beautiful girl another bag of gold . Then for the first time he noticed , just as he reached his master 's house , that he had forgotten the belt which made him invisible . He did n't like the idea of going back to his hut in the wind and wet , so he just stepped as he was into the girl 's room , laid the sack of gold beside her , and was turning to leave the room , when his master confronted him and said , ` You young rogue , so you were going to steal the gold that a good Fairy brings every night , were you ? ' The Herd-boy was so taken aback by his words , that he stood trembling before him , and did not dare to explain his presence . Then his master spoke . ` As you have hitherto always behaved well in my service I will not send you to prison ; but leave your place instantly and never let me see your face again . ' So the Herd-boy went back to his hut , and taking his loaf and belt with him , he went to the nearest town . There he bought himself some fine clothes , and a beautiful coach with four horses , hired two servants , and drove back to his master .
You may imagine how astonished he was XXXXX see his Herd-boy returning to him in this manner !
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