said the cook . ` My dear , do let me go ! ' said Minnikin ; ' I should so like to go down there and amuse myself a little with the other children . ' So this time also she said that he should have leave to go , but he must first promise that he would be back by the time the joint was turned and that he would bring a great armful of wood with him . No sooner had Minnikin got down to the strand than the Troll came rushing along with a great whistling and whirring , and he was twice as big as the first Troll , and he had ten heads . ` Fire ! ' shrieked the Troll . ` Fire yourself ! ' said Minnikin . ` Can you fight ? ' roared the Troll . ` If not , I can learn , ' said Minnikin . So the Troll struck at him with his iron club -- which was still bigger than that which the first Troll had had -- so that the earth flew ten yards up in the air . ` Fie ! ' said Minnikin . ` That was not much of a blow . Now you shall see one of my blows . ' Then he grasped his sword and struck at the Troll , so that all his ten heads danced away over the sands . And again the King 's daughter said to him , ` Sleep a while on my lap , ' and while Minnikin lay there she drew some silver raiment over him . As soon as Ritter Red saw that there was no longer any danger afoot , he crept down from the tree and threatened the Princess , until at last she was again forced to promise to say that it was he who had rescued her ; after which he took the tongue and the lungs of the Troll and put them in his pocket-handkerchief , and then he conducted the Princess back to the palace .
There was joy and gladness in the palace , as may be imagined , and the King did not know how to show enough honour and respect XXXXX Ritter Red .
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