But now you shall come away with me . ' ` No , ' said the dappled Colt once more ; ` here I must stay for another year . Just kill the twelve little foals again , so that I can suck the mares this year also , and then come and look at me in the summer . ' So the youth did it -- he killed all the little foals , and then went home again . But next year , when he returned to look after the dappled colt and the mares , he was quite appalled . He had never imagined that any horse could become so big and overgrown , for the dappled horse had to lie down on all fours before the youth could get on his back , and it was very hard to do that even when it was lying down , and it was so plump that its coat shone and glistened just as if it had been a looking-glass . This time the dappled horse was not unwilling to go away with the youth , so he mounted it , and when he came riding home to his brothers they all smote their hands together and crossed themselves , for never in their lives had they either seen or heard tell of such a horse as that . ` If you will procure me the best shoes for my horse , and the most magnificent saddle and bridle that can be found , ' said the youth , ` you may have all my twelve mares just as they are standing out on the hill , and their twelve foals into the bargain . ' For this year also each mare had her foal . The brothers were quite willing to do this ; so the lad got such shoes for his horse that the sticks and stones flew high up into the air as he rode away over the hills , and such a gold saddle and such a gold bridle that they could be seen glittering and glancing from afar . ` And now we will go to the King 's palace , ' said Dapplegrim -- that was the horse 's name , ` but bear in mind that you must ask the King for a good stable and excellent fodder for me . ' So the lad promised not to forget to do that . He rode to the palace , and it will be easily understood that with such a horse as he had he was not long on the way . When he arrived there , the King was standing out on the steps , and how he did stare at the man who came riding up ! ` Nay , ' said he , ` never in my whole life have I seen such a man and such a horse . ' And when the youth inquired if he could have a place in the King 's palace , the King was so delighted that he could have danced on the steps where he was standing , and there and then the lad was told that he should have a place . ` Yes ; but I must have a good stable and most excellent fodder for my horse , ' said he . So they told him that he should have sweet hay and oats , and as much of them as the dappled horse chose to have , and all the other riders had to take their horses out of the stable that Dapplegrim might stand alone and really have plenty of room . But this did not last long , for the other people in the King 's Court became envious of the lad , and there was no bad thing that they would not have done to him if they had but dared . At last they bethought themselves of telling the King that the youth had said that , if he chose , he was quite able to rescue the Princess who had been carried off into the mountain a long time ago by the Troll .
The King immediately summoned the lad into his presence , and said that he had been informed that he had said that it was in his power XXXXX rescue the Princess , so he was now to do it .
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