She was not there , but not knowing what to do next , he got off his horse and waited . About midnight she suddenly stood before him . ` Halfman , why did you come here ? ' said she . ' I have a question I want to ask you . ' ` 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 XXXXX Halfman , the son of the judge .
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