` Yes , and you will hear it again very soon , ' said Dapplegrim ; ` and then you will hear what a voice it has . ' So they travelled on through many more different kinds of country , and then Dapplegrim neighed for the third time ; but before he could ask the youth if he heard anything , there was such a neighing on the other side of the heath that the youth thought that hills and rocks would be rent in pieces . ` Now he is here ! ' said Dapplegrim . ` Be quick , and fling over me the ox-hides that have the spikes in them , throw the twelve tons of tar over the field , and climb up into that great spruce fir tree . When he comes , fire will spurt out of both his nostrils , and then the tar will catch fire . Now mark what I say -- if the flame ascends I conquer , and if it sinks I fail ; but if you see that I am winning , fling the bridle , which you must take off me , over his head , and then he will become quite gentle . ' Just as the youth had flung all the hides with the spikes over Dapplegrim , and the tar over the field , and had got safely up into the spruce fir , a horse came with flame spouting from his nostrils , and the tar caught fire in a moment ; and Dapplegrim and the horse began to fight until the stones leapt up to the sky . They bit , and they fought with their fore legs and their hind legs , and sometimes the youth looked at them . And sometimes he looked at the tar , but at last the flames began to rise , for wheresoever the strange horse bit or wheresoever he kicked he hit upon the spikes in the hides , and at length he had to yield . When the youth saw that , he was not long in getting down from the tree and flinging the bridle over the horse 's head , and then he became so tame that he might have been led by a thin string . This horse was dappled too , and so like Dapplegrim that no one could distinguish the one from the other . The youth seated himself on the dappled horse which he had captured , and rode home again to the King 's palace , and Dapplegrim ran loose by his side . When he got there , the King was standing outside in the courtyard . ` Can you tell me which is the horse I have caught , and which is the one I had before ? ' said the youth . ` If you ca n't , I think your daughter is mine . ' The King went and looked at both the dappled horses ; he looked high and he looked low , he looked before and he looked behind , but there was not a hair 's difference between the two . ` No , ' said the King ; ` that I can not tell thee , and as thou hast procured such a splendid bridal horse for my daughter thou shalt have her ; but first we must have one more trial , just to see if thou art fated to have her . She shall hide herself twice , and then thou shalt hide thyself twice .
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