And Tritill stood beside him and asked what he wanted . The youth told him all his story , and when he had finished , the old man said : ` Spade and shovel do your duty , ' and they danced about the cave till , in a short time , there was not a speck of dust left on the floor . As soon as it was quite clean Tritill went his way . With a light heart the young man awaited the return of the ogress . When she came in she looked carefully round , and then said to him : ` You did not do that quite alone . However , as the floor is clean I will leave your head on . ' The following morning the ogress told the young man that he must take all the feathers out of her pillows and spread them to dry in the sun . But if one feather was missing when she came back at night his head should pay for it . ' The young man fetched the pillows , and shook out all the feathers , and oh ! what quantities of them there were ! He was thinking to himself , as he spread them out carefully , how lucky it was that the sun was so bright and that there was no wind , when suddenly a breeze sprang up , and in a moment the feathers were dancing high in the air . At first the youth tried to collect them again , but he soon found that it was no use , and he cried in despair : ` Tritill , Litill , and all my birds , come and help me ! ' He had hardly said the words when there they all were ; and when the birds had brought all the feathers back again , Tritill , and Litill , and he , put them away in the pillows , as the ogress had bidden him . But one little feather they kept out , and told the young man that if the ogress missed it he was to thrust it up her nose . Then they all vanished , Tritill , Litill , and the birds . Directly the ogress returned home she flung herself with all her weight on the bed , and the whole cave quivered under her . The pillows were soft and full instead of being empty , which surprised her , but that did not content her . She got up , shook out the pillow-cases one by one , and began to count the feathers that were in each . ` If one is missing I will have your head , ' said she , and at that the young man drew the feather from his pocket and thrust it up her nose , crying ` If you want your feather , here it is . ' ` You did not sort those feathers alone , ' answered the ogress calmly ; ` however , this time I will let that pass . '
That night the young man slept soundly in his corner , and XXXXX the morning the ogress told him that his work that day would be to slay one of her great oxen , to cook its heart , and to make drinking cups of its horns , before she returned home ` There are fifty oxen , ' added she , ` and you must guess which of the herd I want killed .
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