how fond I am of you," said the princess ; " I couldn't help doing
it, when I knew your heart was there." — " How can you be so
foolish to believe it ? " said the giant. — " Well, how can I help be-
lieving it when you say so ? " answered the princess. — " Oh, you are
a foolish creature," said the giant.
"you can never go where my heart
is;" — "Ah, well," said the prin-
cess, " but 1 should like to know
for all that where it is." — So the
giant could not refuse to tell her
any longer, and he said : " Far, far
away in a lake lies an island, —
on that island stands a church, —
in that church there is a well,^
in that well swims a duck, — in that
duck there is an e^, — and in the
egg — well, there is my heart."
Early next morning, almost be-
fore the dawn of day, the giant
set out for the wood again. " Well,
I suppose I had better start as
well," said Ashiepattle ; " I wish
I only knew the way ! " He said
larewell to the princess for a time,
and when he came outside the
castle there was the wolf still wait-
ia^ for him. He told the wolf
what had happened inside, and
that he was now going to set out
for the well in the church, if he
only knew the way. The wolf
asked him to jump on his back,
— he would try and find the way,
sure enough, he said, and away they went over hills and mountains,
over fields and valleys, while the wind whistled about them. When
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