ak his way through before he could follow
them. But when he had got to the middle of the mountain he broke one of
his legs, so he had to go home to get it put right.

While he was doing this the Eagle flew off to the man's home with
him, and with the hare, and when they had got home the man went to the
churchyard, and had some Christian earth laid upon the hare, and then it
turned into his son Jack.

When the time came for the fair the youth turned himself into a
light-coloured horse, and bade his father go to the market with him. 'If
anyone should come who wants to buy me,' said he, 'you are to tell him
that you want a hundred dollars for me; but you must not forget to take
off the halter, for if you do I shall never be able to get away from
Farmer Weatherbeard, for he is the man who will come and bargain for
me.'

And thus it happened. A horse-dealer came who had a great fancy to
bargain for the horse, and the man got a hundred dollars for it, but
when the bargain was made, and Jack's father had got the money, the
horse-dealer wanted to have the halter.

'That was no part of our bargain,' said the man, 'and the halter you
shall not have, for I have other horses which I shall have to sell.'

So each of them went his way. But the horse dealer had not got very far
with Jack before he resumed his own form again, and when the man got
home he was sitting on the bench by the stove.

The next day he changed himself into a brown horse and told his father
that he was to set off to market with him. 'If a man should come who
wants to buy me,' said Jack, 'you are to tell him that you want two
hundred dollars, for that he will give, and treat you besides; but
whatsoever you drink, and whatsoever you do, don't forget to take the
halter off me, or you will never see me more.'

And thus it happened. The man got his two hundred dollars for the horse,
and was treated as well, and when they parted from each other it was
just as much as he could do to remember to take off the halter. But
the buyer had not got far on his way before the youth took his own form
again, and when the man reached home Jack was already sitting on the
bench by the stove.

On the third day all happened in the same way. The youth changed himself
into a great black horse, and told his father that if a man came and
offered him three hundred dollars, and treated him well and handsomely
into the bargain, he was to sell him, but whatsoever he did, or how much
s