In the evening when the boy went back home his mother was very sad because she realised that her son had bartered away all her possessions. But the son comforted his mother and told her that she would suffer no more.
The next day the boy went to the forest with his dogs and he returned with such a big hunt that since that time the old woman’s house was always full of food.
After making sure that there was sufficient food for his mother the boy decided to leave home to see what fortune had in store for him.
There in the forest the boy saw Old Greybeard again. “Where are you going?”
When the boy told the old man what he was about to do the old man smiled again. “Go straight and you will come to a king's castle and that is where your fortune will mend.”
The boy decided to follow the old man's advice and keep traveling straight.
On the way whenever the boy saw any hut he played his pipe and his dogs danced to the tune. Whenever they did this the boy and his dogs got food and shelter at that hut.
As the boy walked on he came to a large city. There were many people there who were on the way to the king’s castle.
The boy followed the group of people and soon came to know about the three princesses who were kidnapped by the mountain ogres.
The boy realised what old Greybeard had meant and the boy decided to try his luck. He called his dogs and went inside the king's castle.
Adapted from Swedish Fairy Tales
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