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The next day at noon, the old woman came to him again with food

and drink which he at first refused. At last, overcome by her

persistent entreaties that he would take something, he lifted the

glass and drank again.

Towards two o'clock he went into the garden and on to the

tan-heap to watch for the raven. He had not been there long

before he began to feel so tired that his limbs seemed hardly

able to support him, and he could not stand upright any longer;

so again he lay down and fell fast asleep. As the raven drove

along her four chestnut horses, she said sorrowfully to herself,

'I know he has fallen asleep.' She went as before to look for

him, but he slept, and it was impossible to awaken him.

The following day the old woman said to him, 'What is this? You

are not eating or drinking anything, do you want to kill

yourself?'

He answered, 'I may not and will not either eat or drink.'