As soon as he got downstairs he saw the two asses running about, and the salad lying on the ground.
‘This is all right!’ he said; ‘two of them are done for.’
Then he picked up the leaves, put them on a dish, and took them to the Maiden.
‘I am bringing the precious food to you myself,’ said he, ‘so that you may not have to wait any longer.’
She ate some, and, like the others, was immediately changed into an ass, and ran out to them in the yard.
He tied them all together and drove them along till he came to a mill.
When the Huntsman had washed his face so that the transformed creatures might know him, he went into the courtyard, and said: ‘Now, you shall be paid for your treachery.’
He tied them all together with a rope, and drove them along till he came to a mill. He tapped at the window, and the Miller put his head out and asked what he wanted.
