‘Do so, certainly!’ they said, laughing loudly and riding on.
‘Slap! bang! here I am again! Look what I have just found! You don’t find such things every day on the road!’
And the brothers turned round to see what in the world he could have found.
‘Blockhead!’ said they, ‘that is an old wooden shoe without the top! Are you going to send that, too, to the Princess?’
‘Of course I shall!’ returned Blockhead-Hans; and the brothers laughed and rode on a good way.
‘Slap! bang! here I am!’ cried Blockhead-Hans; ‘better and better—it is really famous!’
‘What have you found now?’ asked the brothers.
‘Oh,’ said Blockhead-Hans, ‘it is really too good! How pleased the Princess will be!’