It travelled for a time in the sky , and then it sank down and hovered over a large vegetable garden surrounded by walls , so that he came safely to the ground amidst cabbages and vegetables . The Hunter then looked about him , saying , ` If only I had something to eat ! I am so hungry , and it will go badly with me in the future , for I see here not an apple or pear or fruit of any kind -- nothing but vegetables everywhere . ' At last he thought , ` At a pinch I can eat a salad ; it does not taste particularly nice , but it will refresh me . ' So he looked about for a good head and ate it , but no sooner had he swallowed a couple of mouthfuls than he felt very strange , and found himself wonderfully changed . Four legs began to grow on him , a thick head , and two long ears , and he saw with horror that he had changed into a donkey . But as he was still very hungry and this juicy salad tasted very good to his present nature , he went on eating with a still greater appetite . At last he got hold of another kind of cabbage , but scarcely had swallowed it when he felt another change , and he once more regained his human form . The Hunter now lay down and slept off his weariness . When he awoke the next morning he broke off a head of the bad and a head of the good cabbage , thinking , ` This will help me to regain my own , and to punish faithlessness . ' Then he put the heads in his pockets , climbed the wall , and started off to seek the castle of his love . When he had wandered about for a couple of days he found it quite easily . He then browned his face quickly , so that his own mother would not have known him , and went into the castle , where he begged for a lodging . ' I am so tired , ' he said , ' I can go no farther . ' The witch asked , ` Countryman , who are you , and what is your business ? ' He answered , ' I am a messenger of the King , and have been sent to seek the finest salad that grows under the sun . I have been so lucky as to find it , and am bringing it with me ; but the heat of the sun is so great that the tender cabbage threatens to grow soft , and I do not know if I shall be able to bring it any farther . ' When the old witch heard of the fine salad she wanted to eat it , and said , ` Dear countryman , just let me taste the wonderful salad . ' ` Why not ? ' he answered ; ' I have brought two heads with me , and will give you one . '
So XXXXX , he opened his sack and gave her the bad one .
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