he would be sorry for his disobedience, and that in future he had
better do as he was told.

After the hunting party had started she hid Sigurd under her bed,
and bade him be sure to lie there till she called him.

Sigurd lay very still for a long while, and was just thinking it was no
good staying there any more, when he felt the floor shake under
him as if there were an earthquake, and peeping out he saw a great
giantess wading along ankle deep through the ground and
ploughing it up as she walked.

'Good morning, Sister Ingiborg,' cried she as she entered the room,
'is Prince Sigurd at home?'

'No,' said Ingiborg; 'he rode off to the forest with his father this
morning.' And she laid the table for her sister and set food before
her. After they had both done eating the giantess said: 'Thank you,
sister, for your good dinner--the best lamb, the best can of beer and
the best drink I have ever had; but--is not Prince Sigurd at home?'

Ingiborg again said 'No'; and the giantess took leave of her and
went away. When she was quite out of sight Ingiborg told Sigurd
to come out of his hiding-place.

The king returned home at night, but his wife told him nothing of
what had happened, and the next morning she again begged the
prince to go out hunting with his father. Sigurd, however, replied
as before, that he would much rather stay at home.