`` Bless me , '' said she , `` what will you do now ? Run away and lie down among the dead bodies that he has in the room -LRB- showing me the place -RRB- , and strip off your clothes that he may not know you from the rest if he has occasion to go that way . '' ' I took her advice , and laid myself down among the rest , as if dead , to see how he would behave . The first thing I heard was him calling for his pie . When she set it down before him he swore it smelled like swine 's flesh , but knowing where to find the finger , she immediately turned it up , which fairly convinced him of the contrary . The pie only served to sharpen his appetite , and I heard him sharpening his knife and saying he must have a collop or two , for he was not near satisfied . But what was my terror when I heard the giant groping among the bodies , and , fancying myself , cut the half of my hip off , and took it with him to be roasted . You may be certain I was in great pain , but the fear of being killed prevented me from making any complaint . However , when he had eaten all he began to drink hot liquors in great abundance , so that in a short time he could not hold up his head , but threw himself on a large creel he had made for the purpose , and fell fast asleep . When I heard him snoring , as I was I went up and caused the woman to bind my wound with a handkerchief ; and , taking the giant 's spit , reddened it in the fire , and ran it through the eye , but was not able to kill him . ` However , I left the spit sticking in his head , and took to my heels ; but I soon found he was in pursuit of me , although blind ; and having an enchanted ring he threw it at me , and it fell on my big toe and remained fastened to it . ` The giant then called to the ring , where it was , and to my great surprise it made him answer on my foot ; and he , guided by the same , made a leap at me which I had the good luck to observe , and fortunately escaped the danger . However , I found running was of no use in saving me , as long as I had the ring on my foot ; so I took my sword and cut off the toe it was fastened on , and threw both into a large fish-pond that was convenient . The giant called again to the ring , which by the power of enchantment always made him answer ; but he , not knowing what I had done , imagined it was still on some part of me , and made a violent leap to seize me , when he went into the pond , over head and ears , and was drowned . Now , sir knight , ' says the Thief of Sloan , ` you see what dangers I came through and always escaped ; but , indeed , I am lame for the want of my toe ever since . ' ` My lord and master , ' says an old woman that was listening all the time , ` that story is but too true , as I well know , for I am the very woman that was in the giant 's castle , and you , my lord , the child that I was to make into a pie ; and this is the very man that saved your life , which you may know by the want of your finger that was taken off , as you have heard , to deceive the giant . ' The Knight of the Glen , greatly surprised at what he had heard the old woman tell , and knowing he wanted his finger from his childhood , began to understand that the story was true enough . ` And is this my deliverer ? ' says he . ' O brave fellow , I not only pardon you all , but will keep you with myself while you live , where you shall feast like princes , and have every attendance that I have myself . '
They all returned thanks on their knees , and the Black Thief told him the reason they attempted XXXXX steal the Steed of Bells , and the necessity they were under in going home .
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