Will you give me a lift, for all my bones are an-aching."
"Nay," said the horse, "I know nought of the stars in the sky, and I'm
here to do the bidding of the Good Folk, and not my own will."
"Well," said she, "it's from the Good Folk I come, and they bade me tell
Four Feet to carry me to No Feet at all."
"That's another story," said he; "jump up and ride with me."
So they rode and they rode and they rode, till they got out of the
forest and found themselves at the edge of the sea. And on the water in
front of them was a wide glistening path running straight out towards a
beautiful thing that rose out of the water and went up into the sky, and
was all the colours in the world, blue and red and green, and wonderful
to look at.
"Now get you down," said the horse; "I've brought ye to the end of the
land, and that's as much as Four Feet can do. I must away home to my own
folk."
"But," said the lassie, "where's No Feet at all, and where's the stair
without steps?"
"I know not," said the horse, "it's none of my business neither.
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