at last they agreed on the price, and halvor laid the knapsack on him, and so he walked a bit, and rode a bit, turn and turn about. at night he came to a green plain where stood a great tree, at the roots of which he sat down. there he let the horse loose, but he didn't lie down to sleep, but opened his knapsack and took a meal. at peep of day off he set again, for he could take no rest. so he rode and walked and walked and rode the whole day through the wide wood, where there were so many green spots and glades that shone so bright and lovely between the trees. he didn't know at all where he was or whither he was going, but he gave himself no more time to rest than when his horse cropped a bit of grass, and he took a snack out of his knapsack when they came to one of those green glades. so he went on walking and riding by turns, and as for the wood there seemed to be no end to it.