When thou hast cut off our heads , thou must take the greatest care to lay each head at the tail of the body to which it belonged before , and then the spell which the Troll has cast upon us will lose all its power . ' Cinderlad promised to do this , and then they went on farther . When they had travelled a long , long way , the Foal said : ` Dost thou see anything ? ' ` No , ' said Cinderlad . So they went on a great distance farther . ` And now ? ' inquired the Foal , ` seest thou nothing now ? ' ` Alas ! no , ' said Cinderlad . So they travelled onwards again , for many and many a mile , over hill and dale . ` Now , then , ' said the Foal , ` dost thou not see anything now ? ' ` Yes , ' said Cinderlad ; ` now I see something like a bluish streak , far , far away . ' ` That is a river , ' said the Foal , ` and we have to cross it . ' There was a long , handsome bridge over the river , and when they had got to the other side of it they again travelled on a long , long way , and then once more the Foal inquired if Cinderlad saw anything . Yes , this time he saw something that looked black , far , far away , and was rather like a church tower . ` Yes , ' said the Foal , ` we shall go into that . ' When the Foals got into the churchyard they turned into men and looked like the sons of a king , and their clothes were so magnificent that they shone with splendour , and they went into the church and received bread and wine from the priest , who was standing before the altar , and Cinderlad went in too . But when the priest had laid his hands on the princes and read the blessing , they went out of the church again , and Cinderlad went out too , but he took with him a flask of wine and some consecrated bread . No sooner had the seven princes come out into the churchyard than they became foals again , and Cinderlad got upon the back of the youngest , and they returned by the way they had come , only they went much , much faster . First they went over the bridge , and then past the trunk of the birch tree , and then past the old hag who sat in the cleft of the rock spinning , and they went by so fast that Cinderlad could not hear what the old hag screeched after him , but just heard enough to understand that she was terribly enraged .
It was all but dark when they got back XXXXX the King at nightfall , and he himself was standing in the courtyard waiting for them .
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