s finished his boat, and all that was wanted for it.  He got into
it and rowed to the palace.  The boat went as swiftly as the wind.  The
King saw it from afar, but would not give his daughter to Hans yet, and
said he must first take a hundred hares out to pasture from early morning
until late evening, and if one of them got away, he should not have his
daughter.  Hans was contented with this, and the next day went with his
flock to the pasture, and took great care that none of them ran away.

Before many hours had passed came a servant from the palace, and
told Hans that he must give her a hare instantly, for some visitors had
come unexpectedly.  Hans, however, was very well aware what that
meant, and said he would not give her one; the King might set some
hare soup before his guest next day.  The maid, however, would not
believe in his refusal, and at last she began to get angry with him.  Then
Hans said that if the King's daughter came herself, he would give her a
hare.  The maid told this in the palace, and the daughter did go herself. 
In the meantime, however, the little man came again to Hans, and asked
him what he was doing there?  He said he had to watch over a hundred
hares and see that none of them ran away, and then he might marry the
King's daughter and be King.  "Good," said the little man, "there is a
whistle for thee, and if one of them runs away, just whistle with it, and
then it will come back again."  When the King's daughter came, Hans
gave her a hare into her apron; but when she had gone about a hundred
steps with it, he whistled, and the hare jumped out of the apron, and
before she could turn round was back to the flock again.  When the
evening came the hare-herd whistled once more, and looked to see if
all were there, and then drove them to the palace.  The King wondered
how Hans had been able to take a hundred hares to graze without losing
any of them; he would, however, not give him his daughter yet, and said
he must now bring him a feather from the Griffin's tail.  Hans set out at
once, and walked straight forwards.  In the evening he came to a castle,
and there he asked for a night's lodging, for at that time there were no
inns.  The lord of the castle promised him that with much pleasure, and
asked where he was going?  Hans answered, "To the Griffin."  "Oh! to
the Griffin!  They tell me he knows everything, and I have lost the key of
an iron money-chest; so you might be so good as to ask him where it is." 
"Yes, indeed," said Hans, "I will do that."  Early the next morning he went
onwards, and on his way arrived at another castle in which he again stayed
the night.  When the people who lived there learnt that he was going to the
Griffin, they said they had in the house a daughter who was ill, and that
they had already tried every means to cure her, but none of them had
done her any good, and he might be so kind as to ask the Griffin what
would make their daughter healthy again?  Hans said he would willingly
do that, and went onwards.  Then he came to a lake, and instead of a
ferry-boat, a tall, tall man was there who had to carry everybody across. 
The man asked Hans whither he was journeying?  "To the Gri

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