When it was in the hollow he was on the hill, and when it was on the
hill he was in the hollow, and that went on all through the day, and
when night fell it went into a wood. And Jack went into the wood after
it, and all he could see was a mud-wall cabin, and he went in, and
there he saw an old woman, about two hundred years old, and she sitting
over the fire. "Did you see a deer pass this way?" says Jack. "I did
not," says she, "but it's too late now for you to be following a deer,
let you stop the night here." "What will I do with my horse and my
hound?" said Jack. "Here are two ribs of hair," says she, "and let you
tie them up with them." So Jack went out and tied up the horse and the
hound, and when he came in again the old woman said, "You killed my
three sons, and I'm going to kill you now," and she put on a pair of
boxing-gloves, each one of them nine stone weight, and the nails in
them fifteen inches long. Then they began to fight, and Jack was
getting the worst of it. "Help, hound!" he cried out, then "Squeeze
hair," cried out the old woman, and the rib of hair that was about the
hound's neck squeezed him to death. "Help, horse!" Jack called out,
then, "Squeeze hair," called out the old woman, and the rib of hair
that was about the horse's neck began to tighten and squeeze him to
death. Then the old woman made an end of Jack and threw him outside the
door.

To go back now to Bill. He was out in the garden one day, and he took
a look at the well, and what did he see but the water at the top was
blood, and what was underneath was honey. So he went into the house
again, and he said to his mother, "I will never eat a second meal at
the same table, or sleep a second night in the same bed, till I know
what is happening to Jack."

So he took the other horse and hound then, and set off, over the hills