The young man fetched the pillows , and shook out all the feathers , and oh ! what quantities of them there were ! He was thinking to himself , as he spread them out carefully , how lucky it was that the sun was so bright and that there was no wind , when suddenly a breeze sprang up , and in a moment the feathers were dancing high in the air . At first the youth tried to collect them again , but he soon found that it was no use , and he cried in despair : ` Tritill , Litill , and all my birds , come and help me ! ' He had hardly said the words when there they all were ; and when the birds had brought all the feathers back again , Tritill , and Litill , and he , put them away in the pillows , as the ogress had bidden him . But one little feather they kept out , and told the young man that if the ogress missed it he was to thrust it up her nose . Then they all vanished , Tritill , Litill , and the birds . Directly the ogress returned home she flung herself with all her weight on the bed , and the whole cave quivered under her . The pillows were soft and full instead of being empty , which surprised her , but that did not content her . She got up , shook out the pillow-cases one by one , and began to count the feathers that were in each . ` If one is missing I will have your head , ' said she , and at that the young man drew the feather from his pocket and thrust it up her nose , crying ` If you want your feather , here it is . ' ` You did not sort those feathers alone , ' answered the ogress calmly ; ` however , this time I will let that pass . ' That night the young man slept soundly in his corner , and in the morning the ogress told him that his work that day would be to slay one of her great oxen , to cook its heart , and to make drinking cups of its horns , before she returned home ` There are fifty oxen , ' added she , ` and you must guess which of the herd I want killed . If you guess right , to-morrow you shall be free to go where you will , and you shall choose besides three things as a reward for your service . But if you slay the wrong ox your head shall pay for it . ' Left alone , the young man stood thinking for a little . Then he called : ` Tritill , Litill , come to my help ! ' In a moment he saw them , far away , driving the biggest ox the youth had ever seen . When they drew near , Tritill killed it , Litill took out its heart for the young man to cook , and both began quickly to turn the horns into drinking cups . The work went merrily on , and they talked gaily , and the young man told his friends of the payment promised him by the ogress if he had done her bidding .
The old men warned him that he must ask her for the chest which stood at the foot of her bed , for whatever lay on the top of the bed , and XXXXX what lay under the side of the cave .
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