` Do you want to know the way to Kerglas ? ' asked the idiot , and the man answered ' I know it well . ' ` You have been there without being killed by the magician ? ' cried Peronnik . ` Oh ! he had nothing to fear from me , ' replied the white-bearded man , ' I am Rogear 's elder brother , the wizard Bryak . When I wish to visit him I always pass this way , and as even I can not go through the enchanted wood without losing myself , I call the colt to guide me . ' Stooping down as he spoke he traced three circles on the ground and murmured some words very low , which Peronnik could not hear . Then he added aloud : Colt , free to run and free to eat . Colt , gallop fast until we meet , and instantly the colt appeared , frisking and jumping to the wizard , who threw a halter over his neck and leapt on his back . Peronnik kept silence at the farm about this adventure , but he understood very well that if he was ever to get to Kerglas he must first catch the colt which knew the way . Unhappily he had not heard the magic words uttered by the wizard , and he could not manage to draw the three circles , so if he was to summon the colt at all he must invent some other means of doing it . All day long , while he was herding the cows , he thought and thought how he was to call the colt , for he felt sure that once on its back he could overcome the other dangers . Meantime he must be ready in case a chance should come , and he made his preparations at night , when everyone was asleep . Remembering what he had seen the wizard do , he patched up an old halter that was hanging in a corner of the stable , twisted a rope of hemp to catch the colt 's feet , and a net such as is used for snaring birds . Next he sewed roughly together some bits of cloth to serve as a pocket , and this he filled with glue and lark 's feathers , a string of beads , a whistle of elder wood , and a slice of bread rubbed over with bacon fat . Then he went out to the path down which Rogear , his mare , and the colt always rode , and crumbled the bread on one side of it . Punctual to their hour all three appeared , eagerly watched by Peronnik , who lay hid in the bushes close by . Suppose it was useless ; suppose the mare , and not the colt , ate the crumbs ? Suppose -- but no !
the mare and her rider XXXXX safely by , vanishing round a corner , while the colt , trotting along with its head on the ground , smelt the bread , and began greedily to lick up the pieces .
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