Then Dapplegrim inquired why he was so troubled , and the youth told him , and said that he did not know what to do , ` for as to setting the Princess free , that was downright impossible . ' ` Oh , but it might be done , ' said Dapplegrim . ' I will help you ; but you must first have me well shod . You must ask for ten pounds of iron and twelve pounds of steel for the shoeing , and one smith to hammer and one to hold . ' So the youth did this , and no one said him nay . He got both the iron and the steel , and the smiths , and thus was Dapplegrim shod strongly and well , and when the youth went out of the King 's palace a cloud of dust rose up behind him . But when he came to the mountain into which the Princess had been carried , the difficulty was to ascend the precipitous wall of rock by which he was to get on to the mountain beyond , for the rock stood right up on end , as steep as a house side and as smooth as a sheet of glass . The first time the youth rode at it he got a little way up the precipice , but then both Dapplegrim 's fore legs slipped , and down came horse and rider with a sound like thunder among the mountains . The next time that he rode at it he got a little farther up , but then one of Dapplegrim 's fore legs slipped , and down they went with the sound of a landslip . But the third time Dapplegrim said : ` Now we must show what we can do , ' and went at it once more till the stones sprang up sky high , and thus they got up . Then the lad rode into the mountain cleft at full gallop and caught up the Princess on his saddle-bow , and then out again before the Troll even had time to stand up , and thus the Princess was set free . When the youth returned to the palace the King was both happy and delighted to get his daughter back again , as may easily be believed , but somehow or other the people about the Court had so worked on him that he was angry with the lad too . ` Thou shalt have my thanks for setting my Princess free , ' he said , when the youth came into the palace with her , and was then about to go away . She ought to be just as much my Princess as she is yours now , for you are a man of your word , ' said the youth . ` Yes , yes , ' said the King . ` Have her thou shalt , as I have said it ; but first of all thou must make the sun shine into my palace here . ' For there was a large and high hill outside the windows which overshadowed the palace so much that the sun could not shine in . ` That was no part of our bargain , ' answered the youth . ` But as nothing that I can say will move you , I suppose I shall have to try to do my best , for the Princess I will have . ' So he went down to Dapplegrim again and told him what the King desired , and Dapplegrim thought that it might easily be done ; but first of all he must have new shoes , and ten pounds of iron and twelve pounds of steel must go to the making of them , and two smiths were also necessary , one to hammer and one to hold , and then it would be very easy to make the sun shine into the King 's palace .
The lad asked XXXXX these things and obtained them instantly , for the King thought that for very shame he could not refuse to give them , and so Dapplegrim got new shoes , and they were good ones .
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