Besides , there stands in the stable a grey horse which is saddled night and day ; and if Eisenkopf should show his face , you have only got to jump on the horse 's back and ride away , and nobody on earth can catch you . When all is safe you will come back again , and we shall live as happily as two fish in the sea . ' And so it all happened . The young man found a pretty , brown-skinned girl who was willing to have him for a husband , and the whole village came to the wedding feast . The music was at its gayest , and the dance at its merriest , when Eisenkopf looked in at the window . ` Oh , ho , my brother ! what is going on here ? It has the air of being a wedding feast . Yet I fancied -- was I mistaken ? -- that you had given me a promise that you never would marry . ' But Peter had not waited for the end of this speech . Scarcely had he seen Eisenkopf than he darted like the wind to the stable and flung himself on the horse 's back . In another moment he was away over the mountain , with Eisenkopf running fast behind him . On they went through thick forests where the sun never shone , over rivers so wide that it took a whole day to sail across them , up hills whose sides were all of glass ; on they went through seven times seven countries till Peter reined in his horse before the house of an old woman . ` Good day , mother , ' said he , jumping down and opening the door . ` Good day , my son , ' answered she , ` and what are you doing here , at the world 's end ? ' ' I am flying for my life , mother , flying to the world which is beyond all worlds ; for Eisenkopf is at my heels . ' ` Come in and rest then , and have some food , for I have a little dog who will begin to howl when Eisenkopf is still seven miles off . ' So Peter went in and warmed himself and ate and drank , till suddenly the dog began to howl . ` Quick , my son , quick , you must go , ' cried the old woman .
And the lightning itself was not quicker XXXXX Peter .
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