the King was overcome by a sudden
terror when he saw the enormous pack of wolves approaching nearer and
nearer, and calling out to Ferko he said, 'Enough, enough, we don't want
any more.'

But the wolf on whose back Ferko sat, said to its rider, 'Go on! go
on!' and at the same moment many more wolves ran up the hill, howling
horribly and showing their white teeth.

The King in his terror called out, 'Stop a moment; I will give you half
my kingdom if you will drive all the wolves away.' But Ferko pretended
not to hear, and drove some more thousands before him, so that everyone
quaked with horror and fear.

Then the King raised his voice again and called out, 'Stop! you shall
have my whole kingdom, if you will only drive these wolves back to the
places they came from.'

But the wolf kept on encouraging Ferko, and said, 'Go on! go on!' So he
led the wolves on, till at last they fell on the King and on the wicked
brothers, and ate them and the whole Court up in a moment.

Then Ferko went straight to the palace and set the Princess free, and on
the same day he married her and was crowned King of the country. And the
wolves all went peacefully back to their own homes, and Ferko and his
bride lived for many years in peace and happiness together, and were
much beloved by great and small in the land.

THE GIANTS AND THE HERD-BOY(12)

(12) From the Bukowniaer. Von Wliolocki.

There was once upon a time a poor boy who had neither father nor mother.
In order to gain a living he looked after the sheep of a great Lord. Day
and night he spent out in the open fields, and only when it was very
wet and stormy did he take refuge in a little hut on the edge of a
big forest. Now one night, when he was sitting on the grass beside his
flocks, he heard not very far from him the sound as of some one crying.
He rose up and followed the direction of the noise. To his dismay and
astonishment he found a Giant lying at the entrance of the wood; he was
about to run off as fast as his legs could carry him, when the Giant
called out: 'Don't be afraid, I won't harm you. On the contrary, I will
reward you handsomely if you will bind up my foot. I hurt it when I was
trying to root up an oak-tree.' The Herd-boy took off his shirt, and
bound up the Giant's wounded foot with it. Then the Giant rose up and
said, 'Now come and I will reward you. We are going to celebrate a
marriage to-day, and I promise you we shall have plenty of fun. Come and