But the dragon said: "Only let us start; we shall overtake them."

They started, and they overtook them near the castle. The dragon

snapped the princess away at once, saying to the lad: "I promised to

spare your life in return for that glass of water; now I have spared

it, but don't dare to come to my castle ever again."

And with that the dragon rode home, carrying the princess with him.

Some time after that the horse said to the sorrowing husband: "The

dragon is away from home again. Let us go and steal the princess."

So they went and stole her again.

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