I am so thin now , I shall hardly make one mouthful . Better fatten me up ; you will enjoy me much more . ' ` That is a very sensible remark , ' replied the ogre ; ` but what fattens you quickest ? ' ` Butter , meat , and red wine , ' answered Halfman . ` Very good ; we will lock you into this room , and here you shall stay till you are ready for eating . ' So Halfman was locked into the room , and the ogre and his wife brought him his food . At the end of three months he said to his gaolers : ` Now I have got quite fat ; take me out , and kill me . ' ` Get out , then ! ' said the ogre . ` But , ' went on Halfman , ` you and your wife had better go to invite your friends to the feast , and your daughter can stay in the house and look after me ! ' ` Yes , that is a good idea , ' answered they . ` You had better bring the wood in here , ' continued Halfman , ` and I will split it up small , so that there may be no delay in cooking me . ' So the ogress gave Halfman a pile of wood and an axe , and then set out with her husband , leaving Halfman and her daughter busy in the house . After he had chopped for a little while he called to the girl , ` Come and help me , or else I sha n't have it all ready when your mother gets back . ' ` All right , ' said she , and held a billet of wood for him to chop . But he raised his axe and cut off her head , and ran away like the wind . By-and-by the ogre and his wife returned and found their daughter lying without her head , and they began to cry and sob , saying , ` This is Halfman 's work , why did we listen to him ? ' But Halfman was far away . When he escaped from the house he ran on straight before him for some time , looking for a safe shelter , as he knew that the ogre 's legs were much longer than his , and that it was his only chance . At last he saw an iron tower which he climbed up .
Soon the ogre appeared , looking right and left lest his prey should be sheltering behind a rock or tree , but he did not know Halfman was so near XXXXX he heard his voice calling , ` Come up !
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