Long shall take me there , and we will be back before you can turn round . ' So Long took him on his shoulders and they set out . At every stride they covered twenty miles , and as they drew near Quickeye fixed his burning eyes on the mountain ; in an instant it split into a thousand pieces , and in one of these sparkled the precious stone . They picked it up and brought it to the prince , who flung it hastily down , and as the stone touched the floor the princess stood before him . When the wizard came , his eyes shot forth flames of fury . Cric-crac was heard , and another of his iron bands broke and fell . He seized the princess by the hand and led her off , growling louder than ever . All that day things went on exactly as they had done the day before . After supper the wizard brought back the princess , and looking him straight in the eyes he said , ` We shall see which of us two will gain the prize after all ! ' That night they struggled their very hardest to keep awake , and even walked about instead of sitting down . But it was quite useless . One after another they had to give in , and for the third time the princess slipped through their fingers . When morning came , it was as usual the prince who awoke the first , and as usual , the princess being gone , he rushed to Quickeye . -LSB- Illustration : THE GUARDIANS CAUGHT NAPPING -RSB- ` Get up , get up , Quickeye , and tell me where is the princess ? ' Quickeye looked about for some time without answering . ` Oh , my lord , she is far , very far . Three hundred miles away there lies a black sea . In the middle of this sea there is a little shell , and in the middle of the shell is fixed a gold ring . That gold ring is the princess . But do not vex your soul ; we will get her .
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