` Well , ask it ; but I know quite well what it is . Your wife wishes you to ask whether I shall carry off your second son as I did the first . ' ` Yes , that is it , ' replied Halfman . Then he seized her hand and said , ` Oh , let me see my son , and how he looks , and what he is doing . ' The ogress was silent , but stuck her staff hard in the earth , and the earth opened , and the boy appeared and said , ` Dear father , have you come too ? ' And his father clasped him in his arms , and began to cry . But the boy struggled to be free , saying ` Dear father , put me down . I have got a new mother , who is better than the old one ; and a new father , who is better than you . ' Then his father sat him down and said , ` Go in peace , my boy , but listen first to me . Tell your father the ogre and your mother the ogress , that never more shall they have any children of mine . ' ` All right , ' replied the boy , and called ` Mother ! ' ` What is it ? ' ` You are never to take away any more of my father and mother 's children ! ' ` Now that I have got you , I do n't want any more , ' answered she . Then the boy turned to his father and said , ` Go in peace , dear father , and give my mother greeting and tell her not to be anxious any more , for she can keep all her children . ' And Halfman mounted his horse and rode home , and told his wife all he had seen , and the message sent by Mohammed -- Mohammed the son of Halfman , the son of the judge . -LRB- Marchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis . Hans von Stumme . -RRB- THE PRINCE WHO WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD There was once a king who had only one son , and this young man tormented his father from morning till night to allow him to travel in far countries . For a long time the king refused to give him leave ; but at last , wearied out , he granted permission , and ordered his treasurer to produce a large sum of money for the prince 's expenses .
The youth was overjoyed XXXXX the thought that he was really going to see the world , and after tenderly embracing his father he set forth .
For TO at by in night of second than that