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At this Dummling was glad, and said: 'Get up and come with me;

you shall eat yourself full.' He led him to the king's palace

where all the flour in the whole Kingdom was collected, and from

it he caused a huge mountain of bread to be baked. The man from

the forest stood before it, began to eat, and by the end of one

day the whole mountain had vanished. Then Dummling for the third

time asked for his bride; but the king again sought a way out,

and ordered a ship which could sail on land and on water. 'As

soon as you come sailing back in it,' said he, 'you shall have my

daughter for wife.'