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 56 The Giant who had no Heart. don*t look as if you could help me much eithef, but a little I rnust give you, for you want It badly, I see/* and then he gave the raven some of the food he had with him. When he had travelled some distance further, he came to a stream. There he sa w a big salmon, which had got ashore and was dashing and knocking himself about and could not get into the water again. " Oh, dear friend ! help me into the water again," said the salmon to the prince, "and I will help you in your utmost need." —" I don't suppose it can be much of a help you can give me," said the prince, " but it is a pity you should lic there and very likely perish," so he shoved the fish into the stream again. So he travelled a long, long way, till he met a wolf, which was so famished that he was only able to drag himself along the road. " Dear friend, give me your horse," said the wolf. "lam so hungry, I hear the wind whistling in my empty siomach. I have had nothing to eat for two years." — " No," said Ashiepattle, " I can't do it ; first I came to a raven which I hadtogiveallmyfoodto;thenIcametoasalmonwhichIhad to help back into the water ; and now you want my horse. But that is impossible, for then I should have nothing to ride upon." — can ride on me instead ; I shall help you again in your utmost need." — " Well, the help you can give me will not be great ; but I suppose you must have the horse then, since you are so needy," said the pr:nce. And when the wolf had finished the horse Ashiepattle took the bridle and put the bit in the wolfs mouth and the saddle on his back, and the wolf felt now so strong and well after what he had had to eat, that he set off with the prince as if he were nothing at all ; Ashiepattle had never ridden so fast before. " When wc get a little bit further I will show you a giant's castle," said the wolf, and in a little while they came there. " See, here is the giant' s castle," said the wolf again, " and there you see all your six brothers, whom the giant has turned into stone, and there are their six brides. Over yonder is the door of the castle, and you must go in there."' —" I dåre not," said the prince, "the giant will kili me." —"Not at all," answered the wolf; "when you go in there you will meet a princess- She will tell you what to do to
 * ' Yes, yes, my friend, but you must help me," said the wolf, "you