answered the brothers . ` However , there are twelve mares upon the hills which we have not yet divided among us , and if you would like to have them for your share , you may take them . ' So the youth , well pleased with this , thanked them , and at once set off to the hill where the twelve mares were at pasture . When he got up there and found them , each mare had her foal , and by the side of one of them was a big dapple-grey foal as well , which was so sleek that it shone again . ` Well , my little foal , you are a fine fellow ! ' said the youth . ` Yes , but if you will kill all the other little foals so that I can suck all the mares for a year , you shall see how big and handsome I shall be then ! ' 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 XXXXX 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 .
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