“Supposing anyone said that he had killed the three giants and he were asked where the giants’ tongues were, and he were forced to go and look, and there were none in their heads, how could that happen?”

The captain said, “Then they cannot have had any.”

“Not so,” said the King. “Every animal has a tongue,” and then he likewise asked what anyone would deserve who made such an answer?

The captain replied, “He ought to be torn in pieces.” Then the King said he had pronounced his own sentence, and the captain was put in prison and then torn in four pieces; but the King’s daughter was married to the huntsman. After this he brought his father and mother, and they lived with their son in happiness, and after the death of the old King he received the kingdom.