The King asked where he had come from , but the boy said he did not know , nor yet could he tell them how he had got there , but he begged very earnestly and prettily for a place in the King 's palace . If there was nothing else for him to do , he said he would fetch wood and water for the kitchen-maid , and that he obtained leave to do . When Minnikin went up to the King 's palace he saw that everything there was hung with black both outside and inside , from the bottom to the top ; so he asked the kitchen-maid what that meant . ` Oh , I will tell you that , ' answered the kitchen-maid . ` The King 's daughter was long ago promised away to three Trolls , and next Thursday evening one of them is to come to fetch her . Ritter Red has said that he will be able to set her free , but who knows whether he will be able to do it ? so you may easily imagine what grief and distress we are in here . ' So when Thursday evening came , Ritter Red accompanied the Princess to the sea-shore ; for there she was to meet the Troll , and Ritter Red was to stay with her and protect her . He , however , was very unlikely to do the Troll much injury , for no sooner had the Princess seated herself by the sea-shore than Ritter Red climbed up into a great tree which was standing there , and hid himself as well as he could among the branches . The Princess wept , and begged him most earnestly not to go and leave her ; but Ritter Red did not concern himself about that . ` It is better that one should die than two , ' said he . In the meantime Minnikin begged the kitchen-maid very prettily to give him leave to go down to the strand for a short time . ` Oh , what could you do down at the strand ? ' said the kitchen-maid . ` You have nothing to do there . ' ` Oh yes , my dear , just let me go , ' said Minnikin . ' I should so like to go and amuse myself with the other children . ' ` Well , well , go then ! ' said the kitchen-maid , ` but do n't let me find you staying there over the time when the pan has to be set on the fire for supper , and the roast put on the spit ; and mind you bring back a good big armful of wood for the kitchen . ' Minnikin promised this , and ran down to the sea-shore .
Just as he got to the place where the King 's daughter was sitting , the Troll came rushing up XXXXX a great whistling and whirring , and he was so big and stout that he was terrible to see , and he had five heads .
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