` That was no part of our bargain , ' said the man , ` and the halter you shall not have , for I have other horses which I shall have to sell . ' So each of them went his way . But the horse dealer had not got very far with Jack before he resumed his own form again , and when the man got home he was sitting on the bench by the stove . The next day he changed himself into a brown horse and told his father that he was to set off to market with him . ` If a man should come who wants to buy me , ' said Jack , ` you are to tell him that you want two hundred dollars , for that he will give , and treat you besides ; but whatsoever you drink , and whatsoever you do , do n't forget to take the halter off me , or you will never see me more . ' And thus it happened . The man got his two hundred dollars for the horse , and was treated as well , and when they parted from each other it was just as much as he could do to remember to take off the halter . But the buyer had not got far on his way before the youth took his own form again , and when the man reached home Jack was already sitting on the bench by the stove . On the third day all happened in the same way . The youth changed himself into a great black horse , and told his father that if a man came and offered him three hundred dollars , and treated him well and handsomely into the bargain , he was to sell him , but whatsoever he did , or how much soever he drank , he must not forget to take off the halter , or else he himself would never get away from Farmer Weatherbeard as long as he lived . ` No , ' said the man , ' I will not forget . ' When he got to the market , he received the three hundred dollars , but Farmer Weatherbeard treated him so handsomely that he quite forgot to take off the halter ; so Farmer Weatherbeard went away with the horse . When he had got some distance he had to go into an inn to get some more brandy ; so he set a barrel full of red-hot nails under his horse 's nose , and a trough filled with oats beneath its tail , and then he tied the halter fast to a hook and went away into the inn . So the horse stood there stamping , and kicking , and snorting , and rearing , and out came a girl who thought it a sin and a shame to treat a horse so ill . ` Ah , poor creature , what a master you must have to treat you thus ! ' she said , and pushed the halter off the hook so that the horse might turn round and eat the oats . ' I am here ! ' shrieked Farmer Weatherbeard , rushing out of doors . But the horse had already shaken off the halter and flung himself into a goose-pond , where he changed himself into a little fish . Farmer Weatherbeard went after him , and changed himself into a great pike .
So Jack turned himself XXXXX a dove , and Farmer Weatherbeard turned himself into a hawk , and flew after the dove and struck it .
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