could not shine in.

'That was no part of our bargain,' answered the youth. 'But as nothing
that I can say will move you, I suppose I shall have to try to do my
best, for the Princess I will have.'

So he went down to Dapplegrim again and told him what the King desired,
and Dapplegrim thought that it might easily be done; but first of all he
must have new shoes, and ten pounds of iron and twelve pounds of steel
must go to the making of them, and two smiths were also necessary, one
to hammer and one to hold, and then it would be very easy to make the
sun shine into the King's palace.

The lad asked for these things and obtained them instantly, for the King
thought that for very shame he could not refuse to give them, and so
Dapplegrim got new shoes, and they were good ones. The youth seated
himself on him, and once more they went their way, and for each hop that
Dapplegrim made, down went the hill fifteen ells into the earth, and so
they went on until there was no hill left for the King to see.

When the youth came down again to the King's palace he asked the King
if the Princess should not at last be his, for now no one could say that
the sun was not shining into the palace. But the other people in the
palace had again stirred up the King, and he answered that the youth
should have her, and that he had never intended that he should not;
but first of all he must get her quite as good a horse to ride to the
wedding on as that which he had himself. The youth said that the King
had never told him he was to do that, and it seemed to him that he had
now really earned the Princess; but the King stuck to what he had said,
and if the youth were unable to do it he was to lose his life, the
King said. The youth went down to the stable again, and very sad and
sorrowful he was, as anyone may well imagine. Then he told Dapplegrim
that the King had now required that he should get the Princess as good
a bridal horse as that which the bridegroom had, or he should lose his
life. 'But that will be no easy thing to do,' said he, 'for your equal
is not to be found in all the world.'

'Oh yes, there is one to match me,' said Dapplegrim. 'But it will not
be easy to get him, for he is underground. However, we will try. Now
you must go up to the King and ask for new shoes for me, and for them
we must again have ten pounds of iron, twelve pounds of steel, and two
smiths, one to hammer and one to hold, but be very particular to see
that the