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Then he laid himself down and slept off a little of his

weariness; and when he awoke the next morning he broke off a head

both of the good and the bad salad, and thought to himself, 'This

will help me to my fortune again, and enable me to pay off some

folks for their treachery.' So he went away to try and find the

castle of his friends; and after wandering about a few days he

luckily found it. Then he stained his face all over brown, so

that even his mother would not have known him, and went into the

castle and asked for a lodging; 'I am so tired,' said he, 'that I

can go no farther.' 'Countryman,' said the witch, 'who are you?

and what is your business?' 'I am,' said he, 'a messenger sent by

the king to find the finest salad that grows under the sun. I

have been lucky enough to find it, and have brought it with me;

but the heat of the sun scorches so that it begins to wither, and

I don't know that I can carry it farther.'