and when she came to the king, she said she could not live, she must have her writings, they had been left in her castle. then by the instigation of ferdinand the unfaithful, ferdinand the faithful was called, and the king told him he must fetch the writings from the castle, or he should die. then he went once more into the stable, and bemoaned himself and said, "oh, my dear little white horse, now i am to go away again, how am i to do it?" then the little white horse said he was just to load the ships full again. so it happened again as it had happened before, and the giants and the birds were satisfied, and made gentle by the meat. when they came to the castle, the white horse told ferdinand the faithful that he must go in, and that on the table in the princess’s bed-room lay the writings. and ferdinand the faithful went in, and fetched them. when they were on the lake, he let his pen fall into the water; then said the white horse, "now i cannot help thee at all." but he remembered his flute, and began to play on it, and the fish came with the pen in its mouth, and gave it to him. so he took the writings to the castle, where the wedding was celebrated.