So he grasped the sword which he had got from the old crook-backed woman , and slashed at the Troll so that all five heads went flying away over the sands . When the Princess saw that she was delivered she was so delighted that she did not know what she was doing , and skipped and danced . ` Come and sleep a bit with your head in my lap , ' she said to Minnikin , and as he slept she put a golden dress on him . But when Ritter Red saw that there was no longer any danger afoot , he lost no time in creeping down from the tree . He then threatened the Princess , until at length she was forced to promise to say that it was he who had rescued her , for he told her that if she did not he would kill her . Then he took the Troll 's lungs and tongue and put them in his pocket-handkerchief , and led the Princess back to the King 's palace ; and whatsoever had been lacking to him in the way of honour before was lacking no longer , for the King did not know how to exalt him enough , and always set him on his own right hand at table . As for Minnikin , first he went out on the Troll 's ship and took a great quantity of gold and silver hoops away with him , and then he trotted back to the King 's palace . When the kitchen-maid caught sight of all this gold and silver she was quite amazed , and said : ` My dear friend Minnikin , where have you got all that from ? ' for she was half afraid that he had not come by it honestly . ` Oh , ' answered Minnikin , ' I have been home a while , and these hoops had fallen off some of our buckets , so I brought them away with me for you . ' So when the kitchen-maid heard that they were for her , she asked no more questions about the matter . She thanked Minnikin , and everything was right again at once . Next Thursday evening all went just the same , and everyone was full of grief and affliction , but Ritter Red said that he had been able to deliver the King 's daughter from one Troll , so that he could very easily deliver her from another , and he led her down to the sea-shore . But he did not do much harm to this Troll either , for when the time came when the Troll might be expected , he said as he had said before : ` It is better that one should die than two , ' and then climbed up into the tree again . Minnikin once more begged the cook 's leave to go down to the sea-shore for a short time . ` Oh , what can you do there ? ' said the cook . ` My dear , do let me go ! ' said Minnikin ; ' I should so like to go down there and amuse myself a little with the other children . ' So this time also she said that he should have leave to go , but he must first promise that he would be back by the time the joint was turned and that he would bring a great armful of wood with him .
No sooner had Minnikin got down to the strand XXXXX the Troll came rushing along with a great whistling and whirring , and he was twice as big as the first Troll , and he had ten heads .
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