In the end they told him how unreasonable the king was , and how he had ordered them to get for him a dove with feathers of gold and silver time about . ` Give me a bag of peas ' said Esben , ` and I shall see what I can do for you . ' Esben got his bag of peas ; then he took his white stick , and said , Fly quick , my little stick , Carry me across the stream . Straightway the stick carried him across the river and straight into the old witch 's courtyard . Esben had noticed that she had such a dove ; so when he arrived in the courtyard he shook the peas out of the bag , and the dove came fluttering down to pick them up . Esben caught it at once , put it into the bag , and hurried off before the witch caught sight of him ; but the next moment she came running , and shouted after him , ' I Hey is that you , Esben . ? ' ` Ye -- e -- s ! ' ` Is it you that has taken my dove ? ' ` Ye -- e -- s ! ' ` Was it you that made me kill my eleven daughters ? ' ` Ye -- e -- s ! ' ` Are you coming back again ? ' ` That may be , ' said Esben . ` Then you 'll catch it , ' shouted the witch . The stick carried Esben with the dove back to the king 's palace , and his brothers were greatly delighted . The king thanked them many times for the dove , and gave them in return both silver and gold . At this Sir Red became still more embittered , and again thought of how to avenge himself on the brothers . One day he went to the king and told him that the dove was by no means the best thing that the brothers could get for him ; for one day he had heard them talking quietly among themselves , and they had said that they could procure a boar whose bristles were of gold and silver time about . The king again summoned the brothers before him , and asked whether it was true that they had said that they could get for him a boar whose bristles were of gold and silver time about .
` No , ' said the brothers ; they had never said nor thought such a thing , and they did not believe that there was such a boar XXXXX the whole world .
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