I think you may just as well do that , ' said he , ` since you wo n't grant me such a little favour . ' ` Take it , then , you utter disgrace ! ' said the old hag , ` since you are just like these two brats . ' The old troll now went out with the gold chess-board , and down to the river , and was about to take a drink , when Ring and Snati came upon him , took the chess-board from him , and threw him into the river . Before they had got back again , however , and up on top of the cave , they saw the poor old fellow 's ghost come marching up from the river . Snati immediately sprang upon him , and Ring assisted in the attack , and after a hard struggle they mastered him a second time . When they got back again to the window they saw that the old hag was moving towards the door . ` Now we must go in at once , ' said Snati , ` and try to master her there , for if she once gets out we shall have no chance with her . She is the worst witch that ever lived , and no iron can cut her . One of us must pour boiling porridge out of the pot on her , and the other punch her with red-hot iron . ' In they went then , and no sooner did the hag see them than she said , ` So you have come , Prince Ring ; you must have seen to my husband and children . ' Snati saw that she was about to attack them , and sprang at her with a red-hot iron from the fire , while Ring kept pouring boiling porridge on her without stopping , and in this way they at last got her killed . Then they burned the old troll and her to ashes , and explored the cave , where they found plenty of gold and treasures . The most valuable of these they carried with them as far as the cliff , and left them there . Then they hastened home to the King with his three treasures , where they arrived late on Christmas night , and Ring handed them over to him . The King was beside himself with joy , and was astonished at how clever a man Ring was in all kinds of feats , so that he esteemed him still more highly than before , and betrothed his daughter to him ; and the feast for this was to last all through Christmastide . Ring thanked the King courteously for this and all his other kindnesses , and as soon as he had finished eating and drinking in the hall went off to sleep in his own room . Snati , however , asked permission to sleep in the Prince 's bed for that night , while the Prince should sleep where the Dog usually lay . Ring said he was welcome to do so , and that he deserved more from him than that came to . So Snati went up into the Prince 's bed , but after a time he came back , and told Ring he could go there himself now , but to take care not to meddle with anything that was in the bed .
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