cried Jose . ` We never waste time when we are helping others , ' answered the horse . And soon the little fish was swimming happily away . A little while after they reached a castle , which was built in the middle of a very thick wood , and right in front was the Princess Bella-Flor feeding her hens . ` Now listen , ' said the horse . ' I am going to give all sorts of little hops and skips , which will amuse the Princess Bella-Flor . Then she will tell you that she would like to ride a little way , and you must help her to mount . When she is seated I shall begin to neigh and kick , and you must say that I have never carried a woman before , and that you had better get up behind so as to be able to manage me . Once on my back we will go like the wind to the king 's palace . ' Jose did exactly as the horse told him , and everything fell out as the animal prophesied ; so that it was not until they were galloping breathlessly towards the palace that the princess knew that she was taken captive . She said nothing , however , but quietly opened her apron which contained the bran for the chickens , and in a moment it lay scattered on the ground . ` Oh , I have let fall my bran ! ' cried she ; ` please get down and pick it up for me . ' But Jose only answered : ` We shall find plenty of bran where we are going . ' And the horse galloped on . They were now passing through a forest , and the princess took out her handkerchief and threw it upwards , so that it stuck in one of the topmost branches of a tree . ` Dear me ; how stupid ! I have let my handkerchief blow away , ' said she . ` Will you climb up and get it for me ? ' But Jose answered : ` We shall find plenty of handkerchiefs where we are going . '
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