Four legs began to grow on him , a thick head , and two long ears , and he saw with horror that he had changed into a donkey . But as he was still very hungry and this juicy salad tasted very good to his present nature , he went on eating with a still greater appetite . At last he got hold of another kind of cabbage , but scarcely had swallowed it when he felt another change , and he once more regained his human form . The Hunter now lay down and slept off his weariness . When he awoke the next morning he broke off a head of the bad and a head of the good cabbage , thinking , ` This will help me to regain my own , and to punish faithlessness . ' Then he put the heads in his pockets , climbed the wall , and started off to seek the castle of his love . When he had wandered about for a couple of days he found it quite easily . He then browned his face quickly , so that his own mother would not have known him , and went into the castle , where he begged for a lodging . ' I am so tired , ' he said , ' I can go no farther . ' The witch asked , ` Countryman , who are you , and what is your business ? ' He answered , ' I am a messenger of the King , and have been sent to seek the finest salad that grows under the sun . I have been so lucky as to find it , and am bringing it with me ; but the heat of the sun is so great that the tender cabbage threatens to grow soft , and I do not know if I shall be able to bring it any farther . ' When the old witch heard of the fine salad she wanted to eat it , and said , ` Dear countryman , just let me taste the wonderful salad . ' ` Why not ? ' he answered ; ' I have brought two heads with me , and will give you one . ' So saying , he opened his sack and gave her the bad one . The witch suspected no evil , and her mouth watered to taste the new dish , so that she went into the kitchen to prepare it herself . When it was ready she could not wait till it was served at the table , but she immediately took a couple of leaves and put them in her mouth . No sooner , however , had she swallowed them than she lost human form , and ran into the courtyard in the shape of a donkey . Now the servant came into the kitchen , and when she saw the salad standing there ready cooked she was about to carry it up , but on the way , according to her old habit , she tasted it and ate a couple of leaves .
Immediately the charm worked , and she became a donkey , and ran out to join the old witch , and the dish with the salad XXXXX it fell to the ground .
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