And the servant sat down in front of a table covered with dishes crowded with large joints of meat. And behold, he ate the whole lot up.
'Oh! that is nothing at all,' said the young hero. And, turning to the man who ate up the earth, he said:
'Sit down there, my friend.' Then turning again to the servant, he ordered him to bring in the biggest bull they could find.
They obeyed, and set it down in front of the man who ate the earth. And, in presence of the Queen, he swallowed the bull whole, head and tail and everything; and it was alive!
But the Queen said, 'You have not won me yet!'
And then she called in a second servant and said:
'Here is my servant. See if you can drink more than he can!'
And immediately the servant took hold of a whole cask of wine, and in one mouthful drank the whole lot up.
The young hero said, 'That is nothing at all!' Then, turning to the man with a mouth as big as a river, he added:
'Come here, my friend. Place yourself on your stomach on the moat, and drink well!'