so easily, I feel that I have reason to hope that you may be able to conquer the giant. In three days from this you will set out.鈥�
鈥榃e will be ready, your Majesty,鈥�answered Rosald; but Geirald remained silent.
鈥楬ow can we possibly fight against a giant that has killed fifty knights?鈥�cried Geirald, when they were outside the castle. 鈥楾he king only wants to get rid of us! He won鈥檛 think about us for the next three days 鈥�that is one comfort 鈥�so we shall have plenty of time to cross the borders of the kingdom and be out of reach.鈥�
鈥榃e mayn鈥檛 be able to kill the giant, but we certainly can鈥檛 run away till we have tried,鈥�answered Rosald. 鈥楤esides, think how glorious it will be if we DO manage to kill him! I know what sort of weapon I shall use. Come with me now, and I will see about it.鈥�And, taking his friend by the arm, he led him into a shop where he bought a huge lump of solid iron, so big that they could hardly lift it between them. However, they just managed to carry it to a blacksmith鈥檚 where Rosald directed
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