In the middle of a field they met the parson , and when he saw this procession he cried : ` For shame , you bold girls ! What do you mean by running after a young fellow through the fields like that ? Do you call that proper behaviour ? ' And with that he caught the youngest girl by the hand to try and draw her away . But directly he touched her he hung on himself , and had to run along with the rest of them . Not long after the clerk came that way , and was much surprised to see the parson following the footsteps of three girls . ` Why , where is your reverence going so fast ? ' cried he ; ` do n't forget there is to be a christening to-day ; ' and he ran after him , caught him by the sleeve , and hung on to it himself : As the five of them trotted along in this fashion one after the other , two peasants were coming from their work with their hoes . On seeing them the parson called out and begged them to come and rescue him and the clerk . But no sooner did they touch the clerk than they stuck on too , and so there were seven of them running after Dullhead and his goose . After a time they all came to a town where a King reigned whose daughter was so serious and solemn that no one could ever manage to make her laugh . So the King had decreed that whoever should succeed in making her laugh should marry her . When Dullhead heard this he marched before the Princess with his goose and its appendages , and as soon as she saw these seven people continually running after each other she burst out laughing , and could not stop herself . Then Dullhead claimed her as his bride , but the King , who did not much fancy him as a son-in-law , made all sorts of objections , and told him he must first find a man who could drink up a whole cellarful of wine . Dullhead bethought him of the little grey man , who could , he felt sure , help him ; so he went off to the forest , and on the very spot where he had cut down the tree he saw a man sitting with a most dismal expression of face . Dullhead asked him what he was taking so much to heart , and the man answered : ' I do n't know how I am ever to quench this terrible thirst I am suffering from . Cold water does n't suit me at all . To be sure I 've emptied a whole barrel of wine , but what is one drop on a hot stone ? ' ' I think I can help you , ' said Dullhead . ` Come with me , and you shall drink to your heart 's content . '
So he took him to the King 's cellar , and the man sat down XXXXX the huge casks and drank and drank till he drank up the whole contents of the cellar before the day closed .
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