Breakfast , dinner , and supper were as savoury as before , and the prince would have been quite content with his quarters had it not been for the difficulty of keeping silence in the presence of the maiden . On the evening of the second day he went , as he had been told , to receive his orders for the following morning . ' I am going to set you something very easy to do to-morrow , ' said the old man when his servant entered . ` Take this scythe and cut as much grass as the white horse will want for its day 's feed , and clean out its stall . If I come back and find the manger empty it will go ill with you . So beware ! ' The prince left the room , rejoicing in his heart , and saying to himself , ` Well , I shall soon get through that ! If I have never yet handled either the plough or the scythe , at least I have often watched the country people work them , and know how easy it is . ' He was just going to open his door , when the maiden glided softly past and whispered in his ear : ` What task has he set you ? ' ` For to-morrow , ' answered the prince , ` it is really nothing at all ! Just to cut hay for the horse , and to clean out his stall ! ' ` Oh , luckless being ! ' sighed the girl ; ` how will you ever get through with it . The white horse , who is our master 's grandmother , is always hungry : it takes twenty men always mowing to keep it in food for one day , and another twenty to clean out its stall . How , then , do you expect to do it all by yourself ? But listen to me , and do what I tell you . It is your only chance . When you have filled the manger as full as it will hold you must weave a strong plait of the rushes which grow among the meadow hay , and cut a thick peg of stout wood , and be sure that the horse sees what you are doing . Then it will ask you what it is for , and you will say , ` With this plait I intend to bind up your mouth so that you can not eat any more , and with this peg I am going to keep you still in one spot , so that you can not scatter your corn and water all over the place ! ' After these words the maiden went away as softly as she had come .
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