But when they tried to detain him the black horse rose in the air and bore him out of their sight . When the king and his sons-in-law returned home they could talk of nothing but the hero who had fought for them , and all wondered who he could be . Shortly afterwards the king of a neighbouring country declared war , and once more the king and his sons-in-law and his subjects had to prepare themselves for battle , and once more the prince begged to ride with them , but the king said he had no horse to spare for him . ` But , ' he added , ` you may take the horse of the woodman who brings the wood from the forest , it is good enough for you . ' So the prince took the woodman 's horse , but it was so old and useless that it could not carry him beyond the castle gates . So he betook himself once more to the vaulted hall , where the black horse had prepared a still more magnificent suit of armour for him than the one he had worn on the previous occasions , and when he had put it on , and mounted on the back of the horse , he bore him straight to the battle-field , and once more he scattered the king 's enemies , fighting single-handed in their ranks , and they fled in all directions . But it happened that one of the enemy struck with his sword and wounded the prince in the leg . And the king took his own pocket-handkerchief , with his name and crown embroidered on it , and bound it round the wounded leg . And the king would fain have compelled him to mount in a litter and be carried straight to the palace , and two of his knights were to lead the black charger to the royal stables . But the prince put his hand on the mane of his faithful horse , and managed to pull himself up into the saddle , and the horse mounted into the air with him . Then they all shouted and cried : ` The warrior who has fought for us is a god ! He must be a god . ' And throughout all the kingdom nothing else was spoken about , and all the people said : ` Who can the hero be who has fought for us in so many battles ? He can not be a man , he must be a god . ' And the king said : ` If only I could see him once more , and if it turned out that after all he was a man and not a god , I would reward him with half my kingdom . ' Now when the prince reached his home -- the gardener 's hut where he lived with his wife -- he was weary , and he lay down on his bed and slept . And his wife noticed the handkerchief bound round his wounded leg , and she wondered what it could be . Then she looked at it more closely and saw in the corner that it was embroidered with her father 's name and the royal crown . So she ran straight to the palace and told her father . And he and his two sons-in-law followed her back to her house , and there the gardener lay asleep on his bed .
And the scarf that he always wore bound round his head had slipped off , and his golden hair gleamed XXXXX the pillow .
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