Red then asked him to send them both to cut down wood next morning , and see which of them could do most work . Snati-Snati heard this and told it to Ring , advising him to ask the King for two axes , so that he might have one in reserve if the first one got broken . Next morning the King asked Ring and Red to go and cut down trees for him , and both agreed . Ring got the two axes , and each went his own way ; but when the Prince had got out into the wood Snati took one of the axes and began to hew along with him . In the evening the King came to look over their day 's work , as Red had proposed , and found that Ring 's wood-heap was more than twice as big . ' I suspected , ' said the King , ` that Ring was not quite useless ; never have I seen such a day 's work . ' Ring was now in far greater esteem with the King than before , and Red was all the more discontented . One day he came to the King and said , ` If Ring is such a mighty man , I think you might ask him to kill the wild oxen in the wood here , and flay them the same day , and bring you the horns and the hides in the evening . ' ` Do n't you think that a desperate errand ? ' said the King , ` seeing they are so dangerous , and no one has ever yet ventured to go against them ? ' Red answered that he had only one life to lose , and it would be interesting to see how brave he was ; besides , the King would have good reason to ennoble him if he overcame them . The King at last allowed himself , though rather unwillingly , to be won over by Red 's persistency , and one day asked Ring to go and kill the oxen that were in the wood for him , and bring their horns and hides to him in the evening . Not knowing how dangerous the oxen were , Ring was quite ready , and went off at once , to the great delight of Red , who was now sure of his death . As soon as Ring came in sight of the oxen they came bellowing to meet him ; one of them was tremendously big , the other rather less . Ring grew terribly afraid . ` How do you like them ? ' asked Snati . ` Not well at all , ' said the Prince . ` We can do nothing else , ' said Snati , ` than attack them , if it is to go well ; you will go against the little one , and I shall take the other . ' With this Snati leapt at the big one , and was not long in bringing him down .
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