` Well , how do you like to be a fish ? ' asked the troll . It was what he had liked best of all , said the youth , and that was no lie , as everybody can guess . The troll then showed him the three bushels of money which he had earned during the past year ; they stood beside the other three , and all the six now belonged to him . ` Perhaps you will serve me for another year yet , ' said the troll , ` and you will get six bushels of money for it ; that makes twelve in all , and that is a pretty penny . ' ` No , ' said the youth ; he thought he had done enough , and was anxious to go to some other place to serve , and learn other people 's ways ; but he would , perhaps , come back to the troll some other time . The troll said that he would always be welcome ; he had served him faithfully for the three years they had agreed upon , and he could make no objections to his leaving now . The youth then got his six bushels of money , and with these he betook himself straight to the kingdom which his sweetheart had told him of . He got his money buried in a lonely spot close to the king 's palace , and then went in there and asked to be taken into service . He obtained his request , and was taken on as stableman , to tend the king 's horses . Some time passed , and he noticed how the king always went about sorrowing and grieving , and was never glad or happy . One day the king came into the stable , where there was no one present except the youth , who said straight out to him that , with his majesty 's permission , he wished to ask him why he was so sorrowful . ` It 's of no use speaking about that , ' said the king ; ` you can not help me , at any rate . ' ` You do n't know about that , ' said the youth ; ' I know well enough what it is that lies so heavy on your mind , and I know also of a plan to get the money paid . ' This was quite another case , and the king had more talk with the stableman , who said that he could easily lend the king the six bushels of money , but would only do it on condition that he should be allowed to accompany the king when he went to pay the debt , and that he should then be dressed like the king 's court fool , and run before him . He would cause some trouble , for which the king would be severely spoken to , but he would answer for it that no harm would befall him . The king gladly agreed to all that the youth proposed , and it was now high time for them to set out . When they came to the troll 's dwelling it was no longer in the bank , but on the top of this there stood a large castle which the youth had never seen before . The troll could , in fact , make it visible or invisible , just as he pleased , and , knowing as much as he did of the troll 's magic arts , the youth was not at all surprised at this . When they came near to this castle , which looked as if it was of pure glass , the youth ran on in front as the king 's fool .
Heran sometimes facing forwards , sometimes backwards , stood sometimes on his head , and sometimes on his feet , and he dashed in pieces so many XXXXX the troll 's big glass windows and doors that it was something awful to see , and overturned everything he could , and made a fearful disturbance .
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