But when they caught sight of the carcasses of the oxen they began to fight for them till the blood flowed , and they entirely forgot Dapplegrim and the youth . So the youth rode onwards again , and many and many were the new scenes they saw , for travelling on Dapplegrim 's back was not travelling slowly , as may be imagined , and then Dapplegrim neighed . ` Do you hear anything ? he said . ` Yes ; I heard something like a foal neighing quite plainly a long , long way off , ' answered the youth . ` That 's a full-grown colt , ' said Dapplegrim , ` if you hear it so plainly when it is so far away from us . ' So they travelled onwards a long time , and saw one new scene after another once more . Then Dapplegrim neighed again . ` Do you hear anything now ? ' said he . ` Yes ; now I heard it quite distinctly , and it neighed like a full-grown horse , ' answered the youth . ` Yes , and you will hear it again very soon , ' said Dapplegrim ; ` and then you will hear what a voice it has . ' So they travelled on through many more different kinds of country , and then Dapplegrim neighed for the third time ; but before he could ask the youth if he heard anything , there was such a neighing on the other side of the heath that the youth thought that hills and rocks would be rent in pieces . ` Now he is here ! ' said Dapplegrim . ` Be quick , and fling over me the ox-hides that have the spikes in them , throw the twelve tons of tar over the field , and climb up into that great spruce fir tree . When he comes , fire will spurt out of both his nostrils , and then the tar will catch fire . Now mark what I say -- if the flame ascends I conquer , and if it sinks I fail ; but if you see that I am winning , fling the bridle , which you must take off me , over his head , and then he will become quite gentle . ' Just as the youth had flung all the hides with the spikes over Dapplegrim , and the tar over the field , and had got safely up into the spruce fir , a horse came with flame spouting from his nostrils , and the tar caught fire in a moment ; and Dapplegrim and the horse began to fight until the stones leapt up to the sky . They bit , and they fought with their fore legs and their hind legs , and sometimes the youth looked at them .
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