but this lasted for seven lengths and seven breadths and no Peik came, and so at last the King saw that he was fooled and cheated out of his horse and saddle, even though Peik had not his fooling rods with him. And so there was another story, for the King got wroth, and was all for setting off to kill Peik.

But Peik had found out the day he was coming, and told his sister she must put on the big boiler, with a drop of water in it. But just as the King came in Peik dragged the boiler off the fire and ran off with it to the chopping-block and so boiled the porridge on the block.

The King wondered at that, and wondered on and on so much that he clean forgot what brought him there.