So Fin went away with himself and "Iron back without action." And when they had gone as far as a large wood that was by the roadside, a thick fog came on them, and rain, and they sat down at the edge of the wood and waited. Soon they saw a red-haired boy with a bow and arrows shooting birds, and whenever he hit a bird he used to put the arrow through its two eyes and not put a drop of blood on its feathers.
And when the red boy came near Fin, he drew his bow, sent an arrow through "Iron back without action," and put the life out of him.
When he did that Fin said, "You have left me without any man, though this was the worst of all I have."
"You'd better hire me," said the red boy; "you've lost nothing, for you were without a man when you had that fellow the same as you are now."
So Fin hired the red boy and asked him his name. "I won't tell you that," said he, "but do you put the name on me that'll please yourself."
"Well," said Fin, "since I met you in the rain and the mist I'll call you Misty."
"That'll be my name while I'm with you," said the red boy, "and now we'll cast lots to see which of us will carry the other;" and the lot fell upon Misty. He raised Fin on his back to carry him, and the first leap he took was six miles, and every step a mile, and he went on without stopping till he was in the Western World. When they came to the castle of Curucha na Gras, Fin and Misty put up a tent for themselves and they were hungry enough after the long road, and Misty said, "I will go and ask Curucha for something to eat." He went to the castle and put a fighting blow on the door. Curucha came out and Misty asked him for bread.
"I wouldn't give you the leavings of my pigs," said Curucha.
Misty turned and left him, but on the way he met the bakers bringing bread from the bake house and he caught all their loaves from them and ran home to Fin. "We have plenty to eat now," said Misty, "but nothing at all to drink. I must go to Curucha to know will he give us something to drink."
He went a second time to the castle, put a fighting blow on the door, and out came Curucha.