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90 wait, he drew a circle on the ground and, placing himself in the center of it, began to recite all manner of incantations and to draw figures and signs in the air. After a while he erased the circle and announced to his friends that he knew the exact whereabouts of the Prince's son at that moment. "But we must hurry," he said, "for he is in great danger and will surely die unless we rescue him."

So the five set out at a smart pace and traveled all that night without pause or rest. By early morning they had reached the well wherein the Prince's son was imprisoned.

"How shall we move away the rock?" said they in despair, seeing the huge boulder completely covering the mouth of the well.

"I will move it!" said the Blacksmith's son, and taking the heavy iron hammer which he always carried in his belt, he fell to work upon the rock, knocking great