and rode away as quickly as they could.

The giant waited for some time after they had gone upstairs and then
called out:

"Are you asleep?"

And the two apple shares near the bed called out:

"Not yet, not yet!"

So after waiting some time he called out again:

"Are you asleep?"

And the apple shares at the door called out:

"Not yet, not yet!"

And still a third time the giant called out:

"Are you asleep?"

And the apple shares on the stairs replied:

"Not yet, not yet!"

Then the giant knew that the voice was outside the bedroom, and rushed
up to find Edgar and his bride, but found they were gone. He rushed to
the stable and chose his great horse Dapplegrim and rode after Prince
Edgar and the Master-Maid.

They had gone on a good way in front; but after a time they heard the
trampling of the hoofs of the great horse Dapplegrim, and the
Master-Maid said to Prince Edgar:

"That is the giant; he will soon overtake us if we do not do
something." And she jumped off her horse and bade Prince Edgar do the
same.

Then the Master-Maid took three twigs and threw them behind her with
magic spells; and they grew and they grew and they grew, till they
became a huge thick forest. And the Master-Maid and Edgar jumped upon
their horses again and rode away as fast as they could.

But the giant, as soon as he came to the forest, had to take his axe
from his side and hew his way through the thick trees, so that Edgar
and the Master-Maid got far ahead. But soon they heard once more the
trampling of Dapplegrim close behind them; and the Master-Maid took
the glass axe that the giant had given Edgar on the second day, and
threw it behind her with magic spells. And a huge glass mountain rose
behind them, so that the giant had to stop and split his way through
the glass mountain.

Edgar and the Master-Maid rode on at full speed, but once again they
heard Dapplegrim trampling behind them, and the Master-Maid took the
flask of water from her side and cast it down back of her, and out of
it gushed a huge stream.

When the giant came up to the stream and tried to make Dapplegrim
swim through it he would not; and then he lay down on the bank of the
stream and commenced to drink up as much of it as he could. And he
drank and he drank and he drank, till at last he swallowed so much
that he burst; and that was the end of the giant.

[Illustration: The Giant Tries to Drink the Stream]

Meanwhile Edgar and the Master-Mai