The two others laughed at him , and mocked him . ` What I when all went so ill with us , do you suppose that you are going to succeed ? You look like succeeding -- you who have never done anything else but lie and poke about among the ashes ! ' said they . ` Yes , I will go too , ' said Cinderlad , ` for I have taken it into my head . ' The two brothers laughed at him , and his father and mother begged him not to go , but all to no purpose , and Cinderlad set out on his way . So when he had walked the whole day , he too came to the King 's palace as darkness began to fall . There stood the King outside on the steps , and he asked whither he was bound . ' I am walking about in search of a place , ' said Cinderlad . ` From whence do you come , then ? ' inquired the King , for by this time he wanted to know a little more about the men before he took any of them into his service . So Cinderlad told him whence he came , and that he was brother to the two who had watched the seven foals for the King , and then he inquired if he might be allowed to try to watch them on the following day . ` Oh , shame on them ! ' said the King , for it enraged him even to think of them . ` If thou art brother to those two , thou too art not good for much . I have had enough of such fellows . ' ` Well , but as I have come here , you might just give me leave to make the attempt , ' said Cinderlad . ` Oh , very well , if thou art absolutely determined to have thy back flayed , thou may ` st have thine own way if thou wilt , ' said the King . ' I would much rather have the Princess , ' said Cinderlad . Next morning , in the grey light of dawn , the Master of the Horse let out the seven foals again , and off they set over hill and dale , through woods and bogs , and off went Cinderlad after them .
When he had run thus for a long time , he too came to the cleft XXXXX the rock .
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