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On the second day Iron Hans equipped him as a white knight, and

gave him a white horse. Again he was the only one who caught the

apple, and he did not linger an instant, but galloped off with

it. The king grew angry, and said: 'That is not allowed; he must

appear before me and tell his name.' He gave the order that if

the knight who caught the apple, should go away again they should

pursue him, and if he would not come back willingly, they were to

cut him down and stab him.

On the third day, he received from Iron Hans a suit of black

armour and a black horse, and again he caught the apple. But when

he was riding off with it, the king's attendants pursued him, and

one of them got so near him that he wounded the youth's leg with

the point of his sword. The youth nevertheless escaped from them,

but his horse leapt so violently that the helmet fell from the

youth's head, and they could see that he had golden hair. They

rode back and announced this to the king.