said the Foal . So the youth did this -- he killed all the twelve foals , and then went back again . Next year , when he came home again to look after his mares and the foal , it was as fat as it could be , and its coat shone with brightness , and it was so big that the lad had the greatest difficulty in getting on its back , and each of the mares had another foal . ` Well , it 's very evident that I have lost nothing by letting you suck all my mares , ' said the lad to the yearling ; ` but now you are quite big enough , and must come away with me . ' ` No , ' said the Colt , ' I must stay here another year ; kill the twelve little foals , and then I can suck all the mares this year also , and you shall see how big and handsome I shall be by summer . ' So the youth did it again , and when he went up on the hill next year to look after his colt and the mares , each of the mares had her foal again ; but the dappled colt was so big that when the lad wanted to feel its neck to see how fat it was , he could not reach up to it , it was so high ? and it was so bright that the light glanced off its coat . ` Big and handsome you were last year , my colt , but this year you are ever so much handsomer , ' said the youth ; ` in all the King 's court no such horse is to be found . 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 XXXXX the palace , and it will be easily understood that with such a horse as he had he was not long on the way .
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