` Ay , ay , ' says he , ` is supper ready ? ' ` It is , ' says she ; and before he rose from the table he ate three-quarters of a calf , and a flask of wine . ' I think , ' says he , when all was done , ' I smell fresh meat still . ' ` It 's sleepy you are , ' says she ; ` go to bed . ' ` When will you marry me ? ' says the giant . ` You 're putting me off too long . ' ` St. Tibb 's Eve , ' says she . ' I wish I knew how far off that is , ' says he ; and he fell asleep , with his head in the dish . Next day , he went out after breakfast , and she sent the prince to the castle where the eldest sister was . The same thing happened there ; but when the giant was snoring , the princess wakened up the prince , and they saddled two steeds in the stables and rode into the field on them . But the horses ' heels struck the stones outside the gate , and up got the giant and strode after them . He roared and he shouted , and the more he shouted , the faster ran the horses , and just as the day was breaking he was only twenty perches behind . But the prince did n't leave the castle of Seven Inches without being provided with something good . He reined in his steed , and flung a short , sharp knife over his shoulder , and up sprung a thick wood between the giant and themselves . They caught the wind that blew before them , and the wind that blew behind them did not catch them . At last they were near the castle where the other sister lived ; and there she was , waiting for them under a high hedge , and a fine steed under her . But the giant was now in sight , roaring like a hundred lions , and the other giant was out in a moment , and the chase kept on . For every two springs the horses gave , the giants gave three , and at last they were only seventy perches off . Then the prince stopped again , and flung the second knife behind him .
Down XXXXX all the flat field , till there was a quarry between them a quarter of a mile deep , and the bottom filled with black water ; and before the giants could get round it , the prince and princesses were inside the kingdom of the great magician , where the high thorny hedge opened of itself to everyone that he chose to let in .
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