o sat, said to its rider, 'Go on! go
on!' and at the same moment many more wolves ran up the hill, howling
horribly and showing their white teeth.

The King in his terror called out, 'Stop a moment; I will give you
half my kingdom if you will drive all the wolves away.' But Ferko
pretended not to hear, and drove some more thousands before him, so
that everyone quaked with horror and fear.

Then the King raised his voice again and called out, 'Stop! you shall
have my whole kingdom, if you will only drive these wolves back to the
places they came from.'

But the wolf kept on encouraging Ferko, and said, 'Go on! go on!' So
he led the wolves on, till at last they fell on the King and on the
wicked brothers, and ate them and the whole Court up in a moment.

Then Ferko went straight to the palace and set the Princess free, and
on the same day he married her and was crowned King of the country.
And the wolves all went peacefully back to their own homes, and Ferko
and his bride lived for many years in peace and happiness together,
and were much beloved by great and small in the land.

_THE GIANTS AND THE HERD-BOY_[12]

[Illustration: The Herd-boy Binds Up the Giant's Foot.]

There was once upon a time a poor boy who had neither father nor
mother. In order to gain a living he looked after the sheep of a great
Lord. Day and night he spent out in the open fields, and only when it
was very wet and stormy did he take refuge in a little hut on the edge
of a big forest. Now one night, when he was sitting on the grass
beside his flocks, he heard not very far from him the sound as of some
one crying. He rose up and followed the direction of the noise. To his
dismay and astonishment he found a Giant lying at the entrance of the
wood; he was about to run off as fast as his legs could carry him,
when the Giant called out: 'Don't be afraid, I won't harm you. On the
contrary, I will reward you handsomely if you will bind up my foot. I
hurt it when I was trying to root up an oak-tree.' The Herd-boy took
off his shirt, and bound up the Giant's wounded foot with it. Then the
Giant rose up and said, 'Now come and I will reward you. We are going
to celebrate a marriage to-day, and I promise you we shall have plenty
of fun. Come and enjoy yourself, but in order that my brothers mayn't
see you, put this band round your waist and then you'll be invisible.'
With these words he handed the Herd-boy a belt, and walking on in
front he led