then answered the little white horse, "go thou to the king, and say if he will give thou what thou must have, thou wilt get her for him. if he will give thee a ship full of meat, and a ship full of bread, it will succeed. great giants dwell on the lake, and if thou takest no meat with thee for them, they will tear thee to pieces, and there are the large birds which would pick the eyes out of thy head if thou hadst no bread for them." then the king made all the butchers in the land kill, and all the bakers bake, that the ships might be filled. when they were full, the little white horse said to ferdinand the faithful, "now mount me, and go with me into the ship, and then when the giants come, say,