You look like herds-women compared with her , and the second Princess is also much prettier than you ; but the youngest , who is my sweetheart , is more beautiful than either sun or moon . I wish to Heaven they were here , and then you would see them . ' Scarcely had he said this before they were standing by his side , but then he was very sorrowful , for the words which they had said to him came to his mind . Up at the farm a great feast was made ready for the Princesses , and much respect paid to them , but they would not stay there . ` We want to go down to your parents , ' they said to Halvor , ` so we will go out and look about us . ' He followed them out , and they came to a large pond outside the farm-house . Very near the water there was a pretty green bank , and there the Princesses said they would sit down and while away an hour , for they thought that it would be pleasant to sit and look out over the water , they said . There they sat down , and when they had sat for a short time the youngest Princess said , ' I may as well comb your hair a little , Halvor . ' So Halvor laid his head down on her lap , and she combed it , and it was not long before he fell asleep . Then she took her ring from him and put another in its place , and then she said to her sisters : ` Hold me as I am holding you . I would that we were at Soria Moria Castle . ' When Halvor awoke he knew that he had lost the Princesses , and began to weep and lament , and was so unhappy that he could not be comforted . In spite of all his father 's and mother 's entreaties , he would not stay , but bade them farewell , saying that he would never see them more , for if he did not find the Princess again he did not think it worth while to live . He again had three hundred dollars , which he put into his pocket and went on his way . When he had walked some distance he met a man with a tolerably good horse . Halvor longed to buy it , and began to bargain with the man . ` Well , I have not exactly been thinking of selling him , ' said the man , ` but if we could agree , perhaps -- ' Halvor inquired how much he wanted to have for the horse . ' I did not give much for him , and he is not worth much ; he is a capital horse to ride , but good for nothing at drawing ; but he will always be able to carry your bag of provisions and you too , if you walk and ride by turns . ' At last they agreed about the price , and Halvor laid his bag on the horse , and sometimes he walked and sometimes he rode . In the evening he came to a green field , where stood a great tree , under which he seated himself .
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