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Next morning, to the astonishment of everyone, he came out again

safe and unharmed, and said to the lord of the castle: 'The dogs

have revealed to me, in their own language, why they dwell there,

and bring evil on the land. They are bewitched, and are obliged

to watch over a great treasure which is below in the tower, and

they can have no rest until it is taken away, and I have likewise

learnt, from their discourse, how that is to be done.' Then all

who heard this rejoiced, and the lord of the castle said he would

adopt him as a son if he accomplished it successfully. He went

down again, and as he knew what he had to do, he did it

thoroughly, and brought a chest full of gold out with him. The

howling of the wild dogs was henceforth heard no more; they had

disappeared, and the country was freed from the trouble.