` Come into my stall , ' it said , ' I have something to say to you . Fetch my bridle and saddle from that cupboard and put them on me . Take the bottle that is beside them ; it contains an ointment which will make your hair shine like pure gold ; then put all the wood you can gather together on to the stove , till it is piled quite high up . ' So the prince did what the horse told him ; he saddled and bridled the horse , he put the ointment on his hair till it shone like gold , and he made such a big fire in the stove that the flames sprang up and set fire to the roof , and in a few minutes the palace was burning like a huge bonfire . Then he hurried back to the stables , and the horse said to him : ` There is one thing more you must do . In the cupboad you will find a looking-glass , a brush and a riding-whip . Bring them with you , mount on my back , and ride as hard as you can , for now the house is burning merrily . ' The prince did as the horse bade him . Scarcely had he got into the saddle than the horse was off and away , galloping at such a pace that , in a short time , the forest and all the country belonging to the magician lay far behind them . In the meantime the magician returned to his palace , which he found in smouldering ruins . In vain he called for his servant . At last he went to look for him in the stables , and when he discovered that the black horse had disappeared too , he at once suspected that they had gone together ; so he mounted a roan horse that was in the next stall , and set out in pursuit . As the prince rode , the quick ears of his horse heard the sound of pursuing feet . ` Look behind you , ' he said , ` and see if the old man is following . ' And the prince turned in his saddle and saw a cloud like smoke or dust in the distance . ` We must hurry , ' said the horse . After they had galloped for some time , the horse said again : ` Look behind , and see if he is still at some distance . ' ` He is quite close , ' answered the prince . ` Then throw the looking-glass on the ground , ' said the horse . So the prince threw it ; and when the magician came up , the roan horse stepped on the mirror , and crash !
his foot went through the glass , and he stumbled and fell , cutting his feet so badly XXXXX there was nothing for the old man to do but to go slowly back with him to the stables , and put new shoes on his feet .
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