diot, 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 cannot 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 every
one 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 larks' 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 went 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. Oh, how good it was! Why had no one ever
given it that befo